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Article: Disciplinary actions dropped in 2005; Group concerned that numbers don't accurately reflect physicians' records.(Physician Affairs)(Federation of State Medical Boards study)
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- Modern Healthcare
- Article date:
- May 8, 2006
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Byline: Michael Romano
For the first time in eight years, the number of serious disciplinary actions taken against doctors dropped in 2005, the Federation of State Medical Boards has found.
Even while the population of nonfederal physicians grew by about 4% from 2003-05, serious disciplinary actions against doctors dropped by 1.6%, falling from 5,502 in 2004 to 5,412 in 2005, the Dallas-based association reported in its annual survey.
Those 5,412 so-called "prejudicial actions'' include revocations, suspensions, surrenders or mandatory retirements of a medical license, as well as probation or other limitations on the practice of medicine. The ...