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The FSMB Interstate Medical Licensure Compact must be STOPPED.
ACTION ALERT
Help STOP MOC Trojan Horse
One by one, state legislatures across the country are introducing bills to create an "Interstate Medical Licensure Compact."
If enacted, a vast majority of physicians seeking a license through the compact WOULD BE REQUIRED to participate in MOC. In fact, the compact defines “physician” as one who holds specialty certification recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties or the American Osteopathic Association's Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists. NO STATE currently defines a physician in this manner.
The compact would be a giant leap towards entrenching MOC as mandatory for ALL physicians and puts in place a new bureaucracy that will most certainly only continue to increase its power over the ability of physicians to practice and the rights of patients to see the physician of their choice.
These bills must be STOPPED whenever and wherever they are found!
So far we are aware of TEN states that have introduced this legislation; it takes seven states voting in favor of the compact for it to form.
The ten states are as follows: Texas (SB 190 & HB 661), Utah (HB 121), Wyoming (HB 107), South Dakota (SB 63), Oklahoma (HB 1716), Iowa (SSB 1019 & HSB 20), Nebraska (LB 258), Vermont (S.8), Minnesota (SF 253 & HF 321), and Montana (LC0365).
A list of the states with corresponding bill numbers can also be found at: http://www.fsmb.org/policy/interstate-model-compact/
If you are in one of the above states, call your state legislators TODAY and tell them to oppose the bill. Copied below is an alert sent to our South Dakota members with talking points about why the interstate compact must not proceed.
If your state is not yet listed above, call your legislators and ask them to introduce a resolution opposing the FSMB compact. CLICK here for a template resolution approved by the American Legislative Exchange Council this past December. Arizona already has a resolution introduced in the AZ Senate thanks to Senator Kelli Ward, DO.
Are you involved in your state medical society? We have TWO resolutions for you to introduce. The first one calls for opposition to this Interstate Compact. The second asks your state medical board to withdraw from the FSMB (the author of the compact). Here is a link to a short video explaining these resolutions:
For more information, please read the below alert we are sending to our members in South Dakota about the proposed legislation in their state.
Take action today!
http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=30a32513ae04f5445c95f3239&id=6f47aa8ae0&e=656c13aca3
ACTION ALERT
Help STOP MOC Trojan Horse
One by one, state legislatures across the country are introducing bills to create an "Interstate Medical Licensure Compact."
If enacted, a vast majority of physicians seeking a license through the compact WOULD BE REQUIRED to participate in MOC. In fact, the compact defines “physician” as one who holds specialty certification recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties or the American Osteopathic Association's Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists. NO STATE currently defines a physician in this manner.
The compact would be a giant leap towards entrenching MOC as mandatory for ALL physicians and puts in place a new bureaucracy that will most certainly only continue to increase its power over the ability of physicians to practice and the rights of patients to see the physician of their choice.
These bills must be STOPPED whenever and wherever they are found!
So far we are aware of TEN states that have introduced this legislation; it takes seven states voting in favor of the compact for it to form.
The ten states are as follows: Texas (SB 190 & HB 661), Utah (HB 121), Wyoming (HB 107), South Dakota (SB 63), Oklahoma (HB 1716), Iowa (SSB 1019 & HSB 20), Nebraska (LB 258), Vermont (S.8), Minnesota (SF 253 & HF 321), and Montana (LC0365).
A list of the states with corresponding bill numbers can also be found at: http://www.fsmb.org/policy/interstate-model-compact/
If you are in one of the above states, call your state legislators TODAY and tell them to oppose the bill. Copied below is an alert sent to our South Dakota members with talking points about why the interstate compact must not proceed.
If your state is not yet listed above, call your legislators and ask them to introduce a resolution opposing the FSMB compact. CLICK here for a template resolution approved by the American Legislative Exchange Council this past December. Arizona already has a resolution introduced in the AZ Senate thanks to Senator Kelli Ward, DO.
Are you involved in your state medical society? We have TWO resolutions for you to introduce. The first one calls for opposition to this Interstate Compact. The second asks your state medical board to withdraw from the FSMB (the author of the compact). Here is a link to a short video explaining these resolutions:
For more information, please read the below alert we are sending to our members in South Dakota about the proposed legislation in their state.
Take action today!
http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=30a32513ae04f5445c95f3239&id=6f47aa8ae0&e=656c13aca3
