Psychiatric Aide Licensing

States Licensed

0

of 50 states and D.C.

×

Burden Rank

102nd

for average burdens 1st is worst

=

Combined Rank

102nd

for states licensed x average burdens 1st is worst

Change from 2017 to 2022, if any:
Burden increased
Burden decreased
Mixed burden change
N
New license
E
Eliminated license
2022 Licensing Burden Rank
Lower Burden Rank
Higher Burden Rank
No state license

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Definition

Psychiatric aides assist mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients and work under the direction of nursing and medical staff.

2022 Snapshot

  • No longer licensed by any state

Changes Since 2017

  • License removed in Missouri, the last state with a license; none created
  • All licensing requirements were eliminated
  • Burden rank improved 88 spots and combined rank improved 4 spots, making the occupation both the least burdensome and the least widely and onerously licensed, because the last remaining license was eliminated

2022 Licensing Burden in Detail

N New License
E Eliminated License
Increase
Decrease

Data Notes: 2022 data collected between February 3, 2020, and March 18, 2022. Fees include charges for application review and license issuance; exams; background checks, credit reports and fingerprinting; recovery fund contributions; third-party certification; and certain fees for training courses. Calendar days lost were estimated based on required education and experience; except for amounts smaller than one day, days lost are rounded to whole days and thus may not reflect very small changes between 2017 and 2022. Appendix A details methods for estimating days lost and calculating burden ranks. Complete data, including revised 2017 data, are available at https://ij.org/report/license-to-work-3/ltw3-data/.

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