FSMB Policies

Report of the FSMB Ethics and Professionalism Committee

This report reviews procedures used by state medical boards to identify and investigate complaints involving the quality of care rendered by a physician.

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

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

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

These model guidelines provide a framework for medical boards to use in educating and regulating physicians who use complementary and alternative therapies in their practice.

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

Board-by-Board Statutes, Regulations, and Policies

This report provides recommendations to assist state medical boards in oversight of unregulated office-based surgery and educates licensees as to appropriate standards for office-based

This position statement sets expectations related to the provision of treatment to oneself, one’s family members, and close personal relations.