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To protect the public from the unprofessional, improper, unlawful, fraudulent and/or incompetent practice of medicine, each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) has a medical practice act that defines the practice of ...
Arthur S. Hengerer is the current Chairman of the Board for Professional Medical Conduct. Keith Servis is the director of the Office of Professional Medical Conduct. [citation needed] Based on the 2008-2009 Annual Report, [1] the OPMC investigated 9,103 complaints in 2009. About 51% of these complaints were generated by the public.
On October 31, 2022, the Florida Medical Board implemented the new rule that requiring a 24 hour waiting period for adults before they can undergo sexual reassignment surgery and to ban minors from any gender-affirming healthcare. [118] On November 4, 2022, the new rule was approved by the Florida Board of Medicine.
Sep. 28—A Sanford physician is scheduled to go before the N.C. Medical Board in October on allegations he failed to properly treat at least six patients. Dr. Suriner Dhawan, an internist at ...
An orthopedic surgeon in Florida caused “hundreds of devastating injuries” while his hospital ignored complaints from patients for years after he started displaying signs of a progressive ...
As the Florida Board of Medicine considers banning medical treatments for transgender youth, a move urged by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration, the board’s chairperson has assured LGBTQ ...
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In November 2022, the Florida medical board restricted most gender-affirming care for minors. [123] In December 2023, Monarch High School in Florida was fined $16,500 total for allowing a transgender athlete to compete in girls' volleyball. [124]