Year: 2008
Resolution Number: 68
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): Suresh Anne, MD
Sponsor: Suresh Anne, MD
On behalf of: Genesee County Delegation
Committee: C (Internal Affairs and Public Service) [Pre-2014]
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS disseminate information to hospitals across the state asking them to differentiate physicians and allied health professionals upon whom the title doctor has been conferred by merit of degree; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS ask hospitals across the state to differentiate with badges and with other identifiers for their staff so the patients are not confused by doctors of medicine or osteopathy verses PhD and other types of doctors, all of whom may be practicing in the hospital setting.
RESOLVED: That MSMS disseminate information to hospitals across the state asking them to differentiate physicians and allied health professionals upon whom the title doctor has been conferred by merit of degree; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS ask hospitals across the state to differentiate with badges and with other identifiers for their staff so the patients are not confused by doctors of medicine or osteopathy verses PhD and other types of doctors, all of whom may be practicing in the hospital setting.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Non-Physicians Being Called Doctor