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No, that's a very accurate characterization. Were you not stating that the accepted education/training requirements were "abritrary"? Were you not looking to find the minimum? Also, you keep talking about "moving the bar." What bar? You make it sound like RxP at one point satisfied some minimum standards set by the medical community. There is no "moving bar" other than where you want to move it (far downwards)- the standards for what is acceptable for mid-level and physician-level have been static for some time now.
I did say that they were somewhat arbitrary, due to a lack of data that is now being requested. I think that having that data is actually a good thing. It should be required across disciplines, be it MD, NP, PA, RxP, etc. There's nothing wrong with evidence based medicine, I advocate for it daily in my practice. But, I don't think groups can demand it from others, yet claim that they are exempt from it. But, if it pleases you, keep beating that "minimum standard" strawman. He's looking a little thin though, you should add some more straw.