FSMB Policies

The guidelines provide an up-to-date resource for state medical and osteopathic boards in assessing physicians’ management of pain in their patients and determining whether opioid analgesics

The model guidelines provide a resource for medical boards in regulating licensees participating in marijuana programs, and tool for educating licensees as to a board’s expectations when

This position statement highlights the importance of stakeholders reporting all relevant information about harm to patients directly to the medical boards, and outlines the responsibilities

Although licenses granted by medical boards allow licensees to practice the full breadth of medicine and surgery, medical boards are responsible for ensuring that licensees can practice

Physicians Use of Marijuana Physicians Use of Marijuana

The framework is designed to assist providers in identifying issues likely to arise in the adoption and implementation of EHRs, including the impact of adopting an EHR system on the

This report identifies and highlights instances of temporary, limited or special practice licensure and provides guidance for medical boards toward best regulatory practices, encouraging

This report addresses the complex, multi-faceted issues involved with facilitating the safe return to clinical practice for physicians who have a licensure restriction due to physical or

The model policy encourages state medical boards promote the public health by making appropriate treatment available to opioid-addicted patients, and to educate the regulatory and physician

This report defines the clinically inactive physician and identifies pathways that clinically inactive physicians may follow to successfully participate in Maintenance of Licensure