That the Vermont Medical Society will urge the Vermont Department of Health and Vermont Board of Medical Practice to pursue alternatives to disciplinary action, such as educational outreach, for any prescriber attempting in good faith to comply with the Rules; That the Vermont Medical Society will urge the Vermont Department of Health to continue to use Vermont Prescription Monitoring Program data as a clinical tool and resist attempts to use the data for law enforcement purposes aimed at prescribers. (As adopted at VMS Annual Meeting on November 4, 2017) PATIENT-PHYSICIAN RELATIONSHIP ADOPTED POLICY: The Vermont State Medical Society endorses the American Medical of the patient-physician relationship as Association’s fundamental elements adopted from the report of the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs as follows:
That the Vermont Medical Society will urge the Vermont Department of Health and Vermont Board of Medical Practice to pursue alternatives to disciplinary action, such as educational outreach, for any prescriber attempting in good faith to comply with the Rules; That the Vermont Medical Society will urge the Vermont Department of Health to continue to use Vermont Prescription Monitoring Program data as a clinical tool and resist attempts to use the data for law enforcement purposes aimed at prescribers. (As adopted at VMS Annual Meeting on November 4, 2017) PATIENT-PHYSICIAN RELATIONSHIP ADOPTED POLICY: The Vermont State Medical Society endorses the American Medical Association’s fundamental elements of the patient-physician relationship as adopted from the report of the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs as follows:
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