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District Meetings bring out diversity and strength of members Board members and administrators braved long lines at airport security to arrive at their regional district meetings held during the first two weeks of October. (complete article) President's Message - A time of rebuilding
District attendees review bylaws Following the 2001 San Antonio annual meeting of the Federation's member boards, the leadership of the Board of Directors agreed to revisit various ideas for improvements to the bylaws and to present them for discussion at the fall regional meetings. (complete article) News and Views in Chiropractic Regulation
District voting delegates elect leadership
Model references - compare your law, applications to these documents FCLB ETHICS CODE PUTS FCLB IN DEMAND AS SPEAKER RESOURCE FCLB Executive Director, Donna Liewer continues to be asked to present to other organizations about the FCLB's Model Code of Ethics for Regulatory Boards. Most recently, she offered the keynote address to the October annual meeting of the National Council of Speech, Language and Hearing Pathology in Pittsburgh. (complete article) FCLB paves way for All Legally Licensed
DCs in searchable database The ALLDOCS database, which is part of CIN-BAD, includes public information regarding current, active licenses as verified independently with participating licensing boards. (complete article) Q "Our licensee list is now (or shortly will be) on the Internet. Can't FCLB get it there?" A The answer is no - the web-based sites do not have the data in downloadable form. But the good news is that the format we need takes a data person less than three minutes (in most cases) to generate. We will work carefully with your data experts in the coming months to make this easy-and to appreciate them for their support of this free system. CIN-BAD is an online service program of FCLB. The informational resources on CIN-BAD are offered at no cost to the member boards of the FCLB, and other subscribing agencies at an affordable and economical fee, to assist in the efficient and accurate licensing and credentialing of doctors of chiropractic. The core element of CIN-BAD is the Official Actions Databank, which provides information on chiropractors who have public records of actions by chiropractic regulatory licensing boards, and/or exclusions from Medicare reimbursement by DHHS. Contact Bridget Seader for more information on joining our family of subscribers! FCLB District Attendees Explore Diagnosis Issues from Patient Protection Viewpoint With reference materials at hand including the Association of Chiropractic College's 1996 two position papers on chiropractic practice (commonly called the ACC Paradigm), attendees at the FCLB's October regional meetings engaged in spirited discussion about legal scope of practice and the diagnostic responsibilities of doctors of chiropractic. (complete article) HEAL Student Loan Defaults - preventing the problem with education Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) refinancing is a federal government initiative, which can save eligible chiropractors thousands of dollars in finance charges in repayment of student loans. (complete article) Ground Zero through the eyes of Dr. Mary Ellen Rada (NJ) September 11th brought about changes for the entire world. No one person or group was left untouched. Living so close to the tragedy, many chiropractors from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut (and certainly from other states as well), including myself and other members of the New Jersey Board, came out in droves to assist rescuers working at the WTC disaster. (complete article) Massachusetts programs decrease board actions The Massachusetts Board of Chiropractic Examiners presented their Licensure Interview and Consent Agreement programs to the combined regional meeting of Districts III and V. Since the preventive maintenance interview program began, Massachusetts has reduced disciplinary actions by 200%. (complete article) Minnesota Board develops proactive orientation program The Minnesota Board of Chiropractic Examiners noticed there was an increase in complaints from the public about their doctors. The board strategized for nine years previously about getting out of the "testing business" but as the state tests stopped, the human contact with their licensees had also dropped. The board wanted to get back into contact with licensees and to be seen as a helpful resource rather than a bureaucracy. (complete article) Don't leave us in the cold!
Upcoming Events Please see the Calendar for upcoming events. From the Editor - as we carry on after September 11th The events of the last two months have affected our country as well as our family of chiropractic regulation and healthcare credentialing groups. One of our CIN-BAD subscribing healthcare organizations, Empire Healthchoice of New York, previously located on the 20th floor at World Trade Center Tower One-were able to get many of their employees out before the tower crumbled. Laura Dean, the Credentialing Department Supervisor, indicated that their company lost a total of nine employees located in different departments. The FCLB extends our deepest condolences to Empire Healthchoice and the many others affected personally by the tragedy. (complete article) "IT IS CLEAR that there are moral people among us, and-perhaps more important-it's clear that moral people inspire us. That is reassuring. Eventually, that inspiration leads more of us into action. Somehow the world is hungry for goodness and recognizes it when it sees it-and has an incredible response to the good. There's something in all of us that hungers after the good and true, and when we glimpse it in people, we applaud them for it. We long to be just a little like them. Through them we let the world's pain into our hearts, and we find compassion. When things go wrong or have been terribly wrong for some time, their inspiration reminds us of the tenderness for life that we can all feel." - ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU |
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Through
the twisted steel remains of the World Trade Center Towers implosions of
September 11, emerged leaders and heroes from every walk of life. Among those,
were healers in the chiropractic profession offering rescue workers the benefit
of care during the strenuous 24-hour a day rubble cleanup. (
As
each of us reassesses our family and professional priorities in light of the
horrific events of September 11, we tend to draw closer to those aspects which
bring light and hope to our lives. (