of the conduct policy has been alleged and will take all findings and recommendations to the Board of Governors for disciplinary action unless immediate action is required. Disciplinary Action If the ad hoc Committee on Conduct determines that a violation of the Code of Conduct at LSMS Meetings and Events has occurred, the committee may take immediate action to protect the safety of event participants, which may include having the violator removed from the LSMS meeting, event, or activity without warning or refund. Additionally, if the committee determines that a violation of the “Code of Conduct at LSMS Meetings and Events” has occurred, the committee shall report any such violation to the Board of Governors, together with recommendations as to whether additional commensurate disciplinary and/or corrective actions (beyond those taken on-site at the meeting, event, or activity, if any) are appropriate. The Board of Governors will review all incident reports, perform further investigation (if needed) and recommend any additional commensurate disciplinary and/or corrective action, which may include but is not limited to the following: Prohibiting the violator from attending future LSMS events or activities; Removing the violator from leadership or other roles within LSMS activities; Prohibiting the violator from assuming a leadership or other role in future LSMS activities; Notifying the violator’s sponsoring organization of the actions taken by LSMS; Removal from the membership rolls; Referral to law enforcement. All proceedings of the ad hoc Committee on Code of Conduct should be kept as confidential as practicable. Reports, investigations, and disciplinary actions under Policy 01 Code of Conduct at LSMS Meetings and Events will be kept confidential to the fullest extent possible, consistent with usual business practices. Pursuant to Article XI of the LSMS Bylaws, any member may request an evidentiary hearing
and, if necessary, an appellate review before any final action is taken. Authority Note: Approved as Action of the BOG September 12, 2023.
LSMS Statement on the Term “Provider” The Louisiana State Medical Society (LSMS) opposes the use of the term provider as a substitute for the term physician or to imply non-physician clinicians are the equivalent of physicians. The generic terms health care providers or providers is inadequate to describe the extensive education and qualifications of physicians licensed to practice medicine in Louisiana. Additionally, the LSMS in its official publications, discussions, announcements, communications, and documents, etc., will work to eliminate the use of the word provider when referring to nonphysicians, instead referring to them more accurately by the educational degree(s) and titles that they obtained. The LSMS acknowledges that the use of the term provider is acceptable when broadly used to mean a professional who directly provides health care
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services or to mean facilities or institutions which provide health care. Authority Note: Approved as Action of the BOG September 12, 2023.
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