Continuing Education Provider Sues Certifying Board on Antitrust Grounds
from guest contributor Don Balasa:
On September 13, 2022, the Association of Surgical Assistants (ASA), a national provider of continuing education for surgical assistants, sued the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA), a national board that certifies surgical technologists and surgical assistants, in federal district court alleging that the NBSTSA violated the federal and Colorado antitrust laws that prohibit unreasonable restraint of trade and monopolizing.