Non-Traditional Medical Practitioners
The WSMA opposes legislatively mandated recognition, or insurance payment,
for unproven services which are represented as health care, but which are
not recognized by prevailing scientifically-based medical opinion as
either necessary or efficacious in medical care. (Res 9, B-87) (Reaffirmed
A-23)
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Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:
EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on
Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health
Services