How Does ACEP’s Code of Ethics Apply to Me?
By Chadd K. Kraus, DO, DrPH, FACEP; Kate Aberger, MD, FACEP; Jay Brenner, MD, FACEP; Catherine Marco, MD, FACEP; Raquel M. Schears, MD, MPH, MBA, FACEP; Jeremy Simon, MD, PhD, FACEP
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on September 11, 2018
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One Response to “How Does ACEP’s Code of Ethics Apply to Me?”
September 16, 2018
Thomas BenzoniEditor:
There is one glaring hole in the ethics article presented that is of legacy origin.
Physicians who do not come inter ACEP, SAEM, ABEM, or AOBEM jurisdiction will give testimony against EM physicians, claiming they, too, can opine on our area of practice.
ACEP BOD several years ago put in place a mechanism whereby a complaint against a non-EM physician can be routed to that physician’s specialty board and/or society for action; please publish this action.
Before this was available, physicians in other areas of practice could testify against us with impunity; we had no standing as individuals to complain and their boards took no action.
This is powerful weapon of which we should avail ourselves.