Year: 2009
Resolution Number: 62
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): Gary M. Druskovich, MD, Tom M. George, MD, and Michael Chafty, MD, JD
Sponsor: Stephen N. Dallas, MD
On behalf of: Kalamazoo County Delegation
Committee: B (Legislation)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That image guided interventional chronic pain management be recognized by MSMS as the practice of medicine; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS seek state legislation, as necessary, that would make it unlawful to practice interventional pain management with image-guided techniques (i.e. fluoroscopy, ultrasound, or CT) unless such a person is a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathic medicine.REFERENCE COMMITTEE RATIONALE: The Committee agrees with the intent of this resolution that these types of procedures should only be performed by physicians. The Committee believes that the existing provisions of the Public Health Code should be interpreted to preclude this type of activity already. However, seeking clarification will provide greater assurance that this type of treatment should not be performed by non-physicians.
RESOLVED: That image guided interventional chronic pain management be recognized by MSMS as the practice of medicine; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS seek state legislation, as necessary, that would make it unlawful to practice interventional pain management with image-guided techniques (i.e. fluoroscopy, ultrasound, or CT) unless such a person is a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathic medicine.REFERENCE COMMITTEE RATIONALE: The Committee agrees with the intent of this resolution that these types of procedures should only be performed by physicians. The Committee believes that the existing provisions of the Public Health Code should be interpreted to preclude this type of activity already. However, seeking clarification will provide greater assurance that this type of treatment should not be performed by non-physicians.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Use of Image-Guided Techniques in Chronic Pain Management