Protect Rights of Alternative Medical Practitioners

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Hi Health Activists,

A bill has been introduced in the NYS Assembly Health Committee A11136 by

Chairman Richard Gottfried and a companion bill in the NYS Senate by Health

Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon S8298.

The bill streamlines and strengthens the procedures for disciplinary

proceedings against physicians, by publicizing the charges against physicians

and

creating a Committee on Professional Medical Conduct to hear charges.

 

Alternative Physicians have in the past publicized the charges against them

to build patient support. But the bill does not say much about the Due

Process rights of physicians or the application of the rules of evidence that

must

apply to an investigation and hearing if necessary. The history of the Office

of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC) in its failure to notify licensees of

the origin of charges despite a lack of patient complaints has not been

addressed

In order to protect your ability to find a doctor who practices alternative

medicine, it is important that you call Governor Patterson's office

212-681-4580, Assemblyman Gottfried's office 212-807-7900 and Senator Hannon's

Nassau

Office 516-739-1700.

Ask that they amend A11136 and S8298 to provide due process rights and rules

of evidence to allow physicians to submit medical and scientific

documentation to support the treatment used, without restrictions demanding the

presence

of the author. Initiation of charges in the absence of a patient complaint

of harm should not be permitted.

arnold

 

 

 

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