Legal and ethical issues in medic... (orcement issues including using mediatio...)

Legal and ethical issues in medical physics

Date:7/18/2008

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Most states do not require licensure of medical physicists but instead require a practicing medical physicist to register with the state prior to practicing in specific subspecialties. New NRC and state regulations require a medical physicist to sign a "preceptor" statement prior to a colleague from practicing in a specific modality. Does signing such a statement expose the sponsors to liability for the negligent acts of those they sponsor? Do states like Texas and Florida that have licensing frameworks make a difference? Does licensure give a medical physicist extra legal protection?

Symposium TH-SAM-AUD B-1, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - A Regulatory Update" takes place from 10:00 a.m. to noon on Thursday, July 31, 2008 in Auditorium B. Abstract: http://www.aapm.org/meetings/amos2/pdf/35-9920-44455-973.pdf. Contact Email: lynne@aapm.org

4) NEW GUIDELINES FOR ETHICAL BEHAVIOR IN MEDICAL PHYSICS

The line where "ethically obliged" crosses over into "legally bound" is difficult to draw in most professions, and medical physics is no exception. Medical physicists strive to support the members of their profession, but what happens when the safety of patients or the financial interests of the hospital are jeopardized by the actions of a colleague? Chris Serago (serago.christopher@mayo.edu) of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL will discuss what medical physicists can do when faced with these sorts of ethical quandaries.

Now is a good time to review these issues, as the AAPM has recently written a new code of ethics, which is broader in scope than the previous code. Serago, who is the chair of the AAPM ethics committee, will highlight some of the changes and provide some hypothetical cases
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Contact: Jason Bardi
jbardi@aip.org
301-209-3091
American Institute of Physics
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