I fully agree with you Dan... Jonathon Chase is a good and well respected hypnotist, I have had many good dealings with him.
I also agree that the industry should be regulated, maybe not a set course in a set university, but a set level of exam both practical and theoretical, which would be a national standard. So that you could learn hypnosis anywhere but have to sit an exam and achieve a national minimum standard to get the letters after your name.
~The associations are all just a money grabbing exercise, and at the moment you can join any or all of them if you are willing to pay.