Guest guest Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Would " diagnostic " authority mean Western Medical diagnosis or TCM pattern diagnosis? > AB-1113: Diagnostic Authority > > This bill would specifically authorize acupuncturists to diagnose > for the use of performing or prescribing the use of acupuncture, > herbs, massage, and most of our scope of practice. This bill would > be great. The problem is that the California Medical Association > will vigorously oppose it because they believe the word " diagnosis " > should only be the purview of medical doctors. While this is very > positive for the profession, the bill itself is quite vague (but > will probably become less so). This is a big fight, but with a good > prize at the end. We will support this bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 According to the international classification of diseases (ICD-9) listing, various conditions such as pain would not be hard to diagnose. We should be able to do this otherwise it impares us from getting compensated and forces us to be subservient to other practitioners (wrong direction and bad idea). We all should be in support of better clarity of our profession and its scope. To do otherwise is to promote confusion and open us up to more litigation, etc. Mike W. Bowser, L Ac >Yehuda L Frischman < > > > diagnosis? >Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:07:09 -0800 > >Would " diagnostic " authority mean Western Medical diagnosis or TCM >pattern diagnosis? > > > > AB-1113: Diagnostic Authority > > > > This bill would specifically authorize acupuncturists to diagnose > > for the use of performing or prescribing the use of acupuncture, > > herbs, massage, and most of our scope of practice. This bill would > > be great. The problem is that the California Medical Association > > will vigorously oppose it because they believe the word " diagnosis " > > should only be the purview of medical doctors. While this is very > > positive for the profession, the bill itself is quite vague (but > > will probably become less so). This is a big fight, but with a good > > prize at the end. We will support this bill. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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