FMA Opposes the Board of Medicine's Moratorium on Office Surgery.Business Editors TALLAHASSEE Tallahassee (tăləhăs`ē), city (1990 pop. 124,773), state capital and seat of Leon co., NW Fla.; inc. 1825. Tallahassee is a wholesale trade and distribution center for the surrounding lumber, livestock, and agricultural area. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 2000 The Florida Medical Association will file a petition in the First District Court of Appeals requesting an immediate injunction injunction, in law, order of a court directing a party to perform a certain act or to refrain from an act or acts. The injunction, which developed as the main remedy in equity, is used especially where money damages would not satisfy a plaintiff's claim, or to to block the Florida Board of Medicine's August 4th decision to impose a 90 day moratorium A suspension of activity or an authorized period of delay or waiting. A moratorium is sometimes agreed upon by the interested parties, or it may be authorized or imposed by operation of law. on level three surgical procedures Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Splene-" means spleen. done in the physician office setting. "The legal basis of our challenge rests with our position that, while the question of the public's safety is a fundamental concern to all parties, the data on which the Board came to its decision is insufficient to result in the broad impact of this moratorium," said Mathis Becker, President of the Florida Medical Association. "The moratorium adopted by the Board of Medicine will cause innumerable patients, adults and children, to have significantly less access to necessary procedures," continued Becker. "There has been no data presented to the Board to support prohibiting these procedures from their being done in a safe environment under rules established by the Board after previous lengthy deliberations. "The Florida Board of Medicine has established high standards of care Standards of care are medical or psychological treatment guidelines, and can be general or specific. They specify appropriate treatment protocols based on scientific evidence, and collaboration between medical and/or psychological professionals involved in the treatment of a given in the interest of Florida's citizens and holds each and every physician licensed by the Board to those standards. "While medicine rigorously strives to continue to deliver the highest quality and safest care, each of us must understand that no therapeutic regimen regimen /reg·i·men/ (rej´i-men) a strictly regulated scheme of diet, exercise, or other activity designed to achieve certain ends. reg·i·men n. 1. is without risks. Each of us must clearly understand those risks of treatment and weigh such information in the decisions we make. "The Florida Medical Association's primary concern is the safety and well being of our patients. We do not believe the wide reach of this moratorium furthers that end," concluded Becker. |
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