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the same underlying concept, with different particulars.Do you have a source for this? Why must they recognize Driver Licenses,but not medical licenses? Both have the same underlying concept.
medical licenses used to be reciprocal in all 50 states... until unlicensed doctors crossing state lines became a problem.
state medical boards actually got together and canceled automatic reciprocity as a stop-gap measure....getting a medical license in a new state is really easy, as long as you are a license holder in good standing in another ....
so they basically still have reciprocity, but with a safety measure in place to protect the public health from unlicensed doctors.
it operates in much the same way the Drivers license compact does( sharing information), but it includes new licensing from the new state.