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Wayne County Medical Society submitted 4 resolutions from the County to the 2021 Michigan State Medical Society House of Delegates.
Here is the status of those resolutions:
01/21 - Health ID Card – not time sensitive, deferred to 2022 HOD
02/21 - COVID MCIR system – resolution no longer necessary, already in effect after submission
02/20 - Maternal Levels of Care – not time sensitive, deferred to 2022 HOD
03/20 - Access to Medications for addiction treatment in physician health programs - AMENDED (as reported below)
Authors: Clara Hwang, MD and Tabitha Moses, MS
The Committee amended the title and resolved portions to read: Title: Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Physician Health Programs
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with the Michigan Legislature, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, and the Michigan Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery to direct Michigan's Health Professional Recovery Programs to adopt policy that permits physicians diagnosed with substance use disorder to receive counseling and medication assisted treatment as a means to ensure they receive effective clinical care to aid in their recovery and safe and ethical return to clinical practice; and be it further
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) encourage our AMA to work with stakeholders including the Federation of State Medical Boards and the Federation of State Physician Health Programs to develop guidelines supporting the adoption of policies by state-based Physician Health Programs to permit physicians diagnosed with substance use disorder to receive counseling and medication assisted treatment to ensure physicians receive effective clinical care to aid in their recovery and safe and ethical return to clinical practice; and be it further
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to work with stakeholders including the Federation of State Medical Boards and the Federation of State Physician Health Programs to develop model legislation permitting state Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine to waive punitive sanctions for physicians who voluntarily self-report their physical, mental, and substance use disorders and engage with a Physician Health Program and who successfully complete the terms of participation.
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