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Guidelines for the Structure and Function of a State Medical and Osteopathic Board

FSMB’s official public policies are intended to give guidance and encourage consistency among state medical boards in addressing trends in medical practice and regulation in order to protect

The guidelines provide an up-to-date resource for state medical and osteopathic boards in assessing physicians’ management of pain in their patients and determining whether opioid analgesics

This report defines the clinically inactive physician and identifies pathways that clinically inactive physicians may follow to successfully participate in Maintenance of Licensure

This report provides recommendations to assist state medical boards in oversight of unregulated office-based surgery and educates licensees as to appropriate standards for office-based

These model guidelines provide a framework for medical boards to use in educating and regulating physicians who use complementary and alternative therapies in their practice.

This report reviews procedures used by state medical boards to identify and investigate complaints involving the quality of care rendered by a physician.

Report of the American Medical Association and the Federation of State Medical Boards. At its Interim Meeting in 1991, the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates adopted