Healthcare Trust and Transparency Act HR5688 set to restrict Scope of Practice for non-MDs

July 11, 2006

At the acupuncture conference I went to this weekend, we were warned

about HR5688, which has been just published and is being pushed through

the House of Representatives. As many of you know, the AMA House of

Delegates adopted a resolution that called for the " Scope of Practice

Partnership " to study the qualifications, education and academic

requirement of " limited licensure " health care providers and " limited

independent practitioners " such as licensed acupuncturists, naturopaths,

chiropractors and anyone else besides MDs, DO, and Dentists. They have

sponsored HR5688 which in the guise of " health care trust and

transparency " will " protect the public " by limiting our scopes of

practice to small portions of what we know. It is like the Chiropractors

all over again, but the AMA is more sophisticated about what they

restrict so that restraint of trade charge could not be made. (We can

bet that MDs won't have restrictions on speaking about herbs or

nutrition, despite their lack of training.)

Dr. Frist is pushing this through- the bill name was just a placeholder

until Friday, when the text was finally publicized. Please write your

representatives and professional lobbying groups to stop this bill,

which seems to be stampeded through.

I haven't seen it appear on the radar yet with critical articles, but

the pro-Healthcare Trust and Transparency Act press has some:

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Karen Vaughan, MSTOM

Licensed Acupuncturist, and Herbalist

253 Garfield Place

Brooklyn, NY 11215

(718) 622-6755

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