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FSMB’s official public policies are intended to give guidance and encourage consistency among state medical boards in addressing trends in medical practice and regulation in order to protect

Adopted by FSMB House of Delegates, April 2024

This guidance document contains the principles of state medical and osteopathic board responsibility, duty, empowerment and accountability, and details the essential components for the structure

Report of the FSMB Ethics and Professionalism Committee

Report and Recommendations of the FSMB Workgroup on Physician Sexual Misconduct

This policy provides updated guidance on use of social media and electronic communications in medical practice and by state medical boards

To avoid conflicts of interest, physicians should always place the interests of their patients above their own financial interests, avoiding excessive mark-ups when selling goods and providing

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