Year: 2021
Resolution Number: 19
Action Taken: NULL
Status:
Author(s): Patrick Droste, MS, MD
Sponsor: David Whalen, MD, Regional Delegation Chair
On behalf of: Kent County Delegation
Committee: NULL
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS supports only the use of titles and descriptors that align with a physician or non-physician provider’s state issued licenses or credentials; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS actively oppose efforts to diminish the qualifications and training of physicians by hospital administrators, insurance companies, and governmental regulatory agencies who require physicians be referenced as medical providers, team members, health care providers, or any other reference in lieu of the legal title of physician or doctor; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS seek legislation which provides that professionals in a clinical health care setting clearly and accurately identify to patients their qualifications and degree(s) attained as follows: 1. Wear an identification badge which indicates the individual's name and credentials as appropriate (i.e., MD, DO, RN, LPN, DC, DPM, DDS, etc.), to differentiate between those who have achieved a Doctorate, and those with other types of credentials. The font size of their credentials shall be greater than the front size used for their name for the purpose of role definition and patient safety.2. Anyone in a hospital environment who has direct contact with a patient who presents himself or herself to the patient as a "doctor," and who has not received a "Doctor of Medicine" or a "Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine" degree or an equivalent degree following successful completion of a prescribed course of study from a school of medicine or osteopathic medicine, shall specifically and simultaneously declare themselves a "non-physician" and define the nature of their doctorate degree.
RESOLVED: That MSMS supports only the use of titles and descriptors that align with a physician or non-physician provider’s state issued licenses or credentials; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS actively oppose efforts to diminish the qualifications and training of physicians by hospital administrators, insurance companies, and governmental regulatory agencies who require physicians be referenced as medical providers, team members, health care providers, or any other reference in lieu of the legal title of physician or doctor; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS seek legislation which provides that professionals in a clinical health care setting clearly and accurately identify to patients their qualifications and degree(s) attained as follows: 1. Wear an identification badge which indicates the individual's name and credentials as appropriate (i.e., MD, DO, RN, LPN, DC, DPM, DDS, etc.), to differentiate between those who have achieved a Doctorate, and those with other types of credentials. The font size of their credentials shall be greater than the front size used for their name for the purpose of role definition and patient safety.2. Anyone in a hospital environment who has direct contact with a patient who presents himself or herself to the patient as a "doctor," and who has not received a "Doctor of Medicine" or a "Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine" degree or an equivalent degree following successful completion of a prescribed course of study from a school of medicine or osteopathic medicine, shall specifically and simultaneously declare themselves a "non-physician" and define the nature of their doctorate degree.
Fiscal Note: $25,000+
Resolution: View PDF for De-professionalization of the Medical Profession
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