Year: 2020
Resolution Number: 39
Action Taken: Reaffirmed
Status: Complete
Author(s): Megan Edison, MD
Sponsor: David Whalen, MD, Regional Delegation Chair
On behalf of: Kent County Delegation
Committee: Reaffirmation Calendar
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to call for an end to time-limited American Board of Medical Specialties and American Osteopathic Association board certification; thereby, ending discrimination against time-limited board-certified physicians, andRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to allow the purchase and participation of any proprietary continuing board certification or maintenance of certification or osteopathic continuous certification product to be a voluntary process for all board-certified physicians; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to call on the American Board of Medical Specialties and the American Osteopathic Association to make continuing board certification or maintenance of certification or osteopathic continuous certification a voluntary process separate from initial certification; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) work with the American Board of Medical Specialties and the American Osteopathic Association to ensure that initial board certification remain as a time-unlimited, earned marker of academic competency, and should not be nullified for not participating in or purchasing the maintenance of certification product.
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to call for an end to time-limited American Board of Medical Specialties and American Osteopathic Association board certification; thereby, ending discrimination against time-limited board-certified physicians, andRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to allow the purchase and participation of any proprietary continuing board certification or maintenance of certification or osteopathic continuous certification product to be a voluntary process for all board-certified physicians; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to call on the American Board of Medical Specialties and the American Osteopathic Association to make continuing board certification or maintenance of certification or osteopathic continuous certification a voluntary process separate from initial certification; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) work with the American Board of Medical Specialties and the American Osteopathic Association to ensure that initial board certification remain as a time-unlimited, earned marker of academic competency, and should not be nullified for not participating in or purchasing the maintenance of certification product.
Fiscal Note: $500
Resolution: View PDF for End Time Limited Board Certification
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