270.000 RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PHYSICIANS

270.999           Rights and Responsibilities of Physicians: SUNSET HOD 2023

270.998           Use of the Title “Doctor” by Physicians: It is the position of MSSNY that all physicians routinely add the letters denoting their medical or osteopathic degrees following their names as part of their professional titles whenever using the title “doctor.”  (HOD 1989-97; Reaffirmed HOD 2002-207; Reaffirmed HOD 2013; Reaffirmed HOD 2023)

270.997           Doctor of Medicine Degree: MSSNY will seek legislation to revise the New York State Education Law to provide for the automatic conferral of the degree of Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) upon any individual who is licensed to practice medicine in the State of New York and who furnishes satisfactory evidence of completion of a

270.996           Social Security Number, Use as Provider Identifier:  MSSNY will pursue legislation which will require the use of the physician’s UPIN numbers and prohibit the use of a physician’s social security number for identification purposes other than in tax-related documents. MSSNY will also pursue legislation which will prohibit the publication of social security numbers in

270.995           Physician Profiling: SUNSET HOD 2014

270.994           Collective Bargaining: SUNSET HOD 2014

270.993           Disruptive Visits to Medical Offices by Government Investigators and Agents: MSSNY will support legislation and/or other appropriate means to ensure that State and Federal investigators and/or agents give a physician written notice prior to a visit to a medical office so that such visit may be scheduled upon mutual agreement at a time when patients

270.992           MSSNY’s Support for Physicians in their Quest to be Considered Independent Contractors:  MSSNY will communicate to all appropriate physicians or state medical societies its support of the activities of such physicians seeking to establish their right to act collectively in defining the terms and conditions of such physicians’ relationships with managed care companies, insurers and/or

270.991           Collective Bargaining Unit (CBU): SUNSET HOD 2014

270.990          Protection from Discovery of Information Collected for Performance Improvement Activities: MSSNY will pursue legislation that would protect information collected for and action taken related to quality improvement activities in a physician’s office in accordance with the New York State Department of Health’s Clinical Guidelines for Office-Based Surgery from discovery, similar to that which already exists