Universal License Recognition (ULR) is a form of occupational licensing in which a state establishes a uniform process to grant recognition to professional licenses issued by another state. Between 2018 and October 2021, 18 states implemented new or amended existing license portability provisions that may be defined as ULR policies. While other forms of license reciprocity predate 2018, they generally are associated with a single profession within a state, and a state may have separate reciprocity provisions for each profession. ULR policies have a much broader scope of recognition in an attempt to simplify reciprocity and the speed of licensure