More than 60 resolutions were considered during the ACEP23 Council Meeting in Philadelphia in October, with many of them drawing considerable debate before 44 were ultimately adopted.

The ACEP Council, the College’s representative governing body, meets annually to discuss and consider resolutions on issues impacting emergency physicians.

The Council consists of members representing ACEP’s 53 chapters, 39 sections of membership, the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine, the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors, the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association, and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

Any member can submit a resolution, as long as it is supported by at least one other ACEP member. If adopted, the resolutions become official ACEP policy.

The 2023 Council considered 62 resolutions: 44 adopted, 10 were not adopted, and 7 were referred to the Board of Directors. In addition to 7 commendation resolutions and 12 memorial resolutions, the following non-bylaws resolutions were adopted:

• 19- Scientific Assembly Vendor Transparency (as amended)
• 20- Emergency Medicine Research Mentorship Network (as substituted)
• 21- Mitigation of Competition for Procedures Between Emergency Medicine Resident Physicians and Other Learners
• 22- Supporting 3-Year and 4-Year Emergency Medicine Residency Program Accreditation
• 24- Addressing the Growing Epidemic of Pediatric Cannabis Exposure
• 28- Facilitating EMTALA Interhospital Transfers
• 29- Addressing Pediatric Mental Health Boarding in Emergency Departments (as amended)
• 31- Combating Mental Health Stigma in Insurance Policies (as amended)
• 35- Declaring Firearm Violence a Public Health Crisis
• 36- Mandatory Waiting Period for Firearm Purchases
• 37- Support for Child-Protective Safety Firearm Safety and Storage Systems (as amended)
• 38- Advocating for Sufficient Reimbursement for Emergency Physicians in Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Emergency Hospitals (as amended)
• 39- Medicaid Reimbursement for Emergency Services (as amended)
• 40- Support for Reimbursement of Geriatric ED Care Processes (as amended)
• 42- On-site Physician Staffing in Emergency Departments (as amended)
• 43- Adopt Terminology “Unsupervised Practice of Medicine”
• 45- Emergency Physicians’ Role in the Medication and Procedural Management of Early Pregnancy Loss (as amended)
• 46- Policy Statement on the Care of Pregnant Individuals with Substance Use Disorder (as substituted)
• 47- Clarification of and Taking a Position Against Use of Excited Delirium Syndrome (as amended)
• 48- Medical Malpractice Certificate of Merit (as amended)
• 51- Quality Measures and Patient Experience Scores (as amended)
• 53- Treating Physician Determines Patient Stability (as amended)
• 54- Opposition to The Joint Commission Credentialing Requirements for Individual Emergency Conditions
• 55- Uncompensated Required Training (as amended)
• 61- ACEP Financial Decision Transparency (as amended)

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