licensure

noun

li·​cen·​sure ˈlī-sᵊn-shər 

-ˌshu̇r

: the granting of licenses especially to practice a profession

also : the state of being licensed

Examples of licensure in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

More than half of states and hundreds of individual hospitals have now changed their licensure requirements to remove questions that ask whether a doctor has received mental health treatment or diagnoses. —Maya Goldman, Axios, 9 Mar. 2025

Understanding from years of data that students are unable to pass or do well on licensure admissions tests without access to quality prep programs, Adams said Kaplan also began hearing from long-term university partners that some students were being left behind because of this opportunity gap. —Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025

Ditto for dental hygienists, who need two years of training and licensure. —Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2025

Though most of the school’s enrollment is for career-track training leading to test and licensure, LIBF also has degree programs, university-level offerings for undergraduate and master’s degrees. —Derek Newton, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1846, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

licensure

noun

li·​cen·​sure ˈlīs-ᵊn-shər, -ˌshu̇r 

1

: the state or condition of having a license granted by official or legal authority to perform medical acts and procedures not permitted by persons without such a license

applicant must have RN licensure

also : the granting of such licenses

a state board of medical licensure

2

: approval of a drug or medical procedure by official or legal authority for use in the practice of medicine

the licensure was based on the results of randomized clinical trials of the vaccine's protective efficacy

—E. D. Shapiro et al.

Legal Definition

licensure

noun

li·​cen·​sure ˈlīs-ᵊn-shər, -ˌshu̇r 

: the granting of licenses especially to practice a profession

also : the state of being licensed