285.998 Equality in the Provision of Quality Health Care:
The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) reaffirms its longstanding principle that it is unequivocally opposed to any form of discrimination in the provision of quality medical care to any individual because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, national origin, gender identity, abilities, or underlying disease process. The Society calls upon all component county medical societies as well as its entire membership to: a) be vigilant as to the existence of any such discrimination in the provision of health care in their respective areas; b) expend every effort towards eliminating such discriminatory practices wherever they may exist, regardless of the settings in which the health care is delivered.
It is the position of MSSNY that the withholding of the best available care to any individual on a discriminatory basis is abhorrent to the Society, its membership, and the medical profession at large. The Society, therefore, vigorously affirms that equality of medical care should be scrupulously and compassionately afforded across the entire patient community, without exception.
MSSNY’s Committee on Health Equity will continue to work with the AMA’s Health Equity Center to encourage other State Medical Societies and Specialty Societies to establish standing committees to help eliminate inequities wherever they exist. (Council 1/20/00; Reaffirmed HOD 2004-174; Reaffirmed Council 9/9/04; Revised and reaffirmed HOD 2014; Modified and reaffirmed HOD 2024).
