Public Policy- Task Force Report 2007

Public Policy Issues:

A public policy topic area group was not assembled. However, the subcommittee members discussed related public policy issues. Concern was raised that the Maryland Board of Physicians would follow the lead of similar agencies in several other states in which legal action was initiated against providers who chose to practice according to ILADS guidelines. In its Fall 2005 Newsletter⁴, the Board clarified that:

• It does not target or restrict the treatment of LD.
• It does not support the concept of “immunization” of any physician from scrutiny because of the particular disease, patients treated or location of practice.
• The Board does not create, promulgate, or endorse in advance specific guidelines regarding any disease state.

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