Assessing Scope of Practice in Health Care Delivery: Critical Questions in Assuring Public Access and Safety

“The Federation of State Medical Boards (the Federation) is a national non-profit association whose membership includes all medical licensing and disciplinary boards in the United States, and the U.S. territories. The Federation acts as a collective voice for 70 member medical boards in promoting high standards for medical licensure and practice.
At the Federation’s April 2003 Annual Meeting the House of Delegates approved a resolution that the Federation establish a special committee to enumerate issues to be considered by State medical boards and legislative bodies when addressing scope of practice initiatives relating to persons without a license to practice medicine. In response, the Federation established the Special Committee on Scope of Practice in July 2003. The Committee was charged with developing an informational guide outlining patient safety and quality of care issues that should be considered by health care regulatory boards and legislative bodies when making decisions about changes in scope of practice, and when dealing with proposals to bypass established regulatory standards in order to extend health care services to underserved areas.”

Federation of State Medical Boards

2005

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