Publication Date

2025

Document Type

Forthcoming Work

Abstract

The burgeoning wellness industry attracts a lot of practitioners who are largely unregulated. This “wild west” of wellness creates uncertainty for insurers, employers, consumers and practitioners as to what services and items wellness practitioners can offer, whether those practitioners are qualified and whether they behave in an ethical manner. Some guideposts for these wellness stakeholders would be welcome and may reduce consumer harm. Guideposts for wellness is especially crucial in a time when the Braidwood v. Becerra case threatens the delivery of preventive care services by the health care sector. As we have learned from the health care sector, the state licensure scheme is confining and not conducive to national practice, particularly in the wake of virtual platform technology. Thus, instead of state licensure, this article proposes a private Standard Development Organization (SDO) scheme that can create and enforce standards within the wellness industry.

Publication Title

American Journal of Law & Medicine

Volume

50

Issue

1-2

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