oh no Mr. Bill: Frist makes a mockery of continuing ed requirements

[welshTerrier2]

we call him Mr. Bill and not Dr. Bill because he just might get stripped of his right to practice medicine ... we're talking here, of course, about Mr. Bill Frist ... one might also wonder whether a little perjury charge might be in order as well ... that's a felony, you know ...

this is the same Mr. Frist who rendered his expert diagnosis in the Terri Schiavo case by looking at a videotape ... maybe he'd been watching too many of those doctor shows on TV and thought they were real ...

source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060829/ap_on_el_se/frist_medical_license

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist acknowledged Tuesday that he may not have met all the requirements needed to keep his medical license active — even though he gave paperwork to Tennessee officials indicating that he had.

The state of Tennessee requires its licensed physicians to complete 40 hours of continuing medical education every two years. Frist, a heart-lung surgeon who is considering a 2008 presidential run, submitted a license renewal with the Tennessee Health Department stating he has fulfilled that requirement. <skip>

Tennessee law states that doctors who fail to do their continuing medical education "will be subject to disciplinary action." Dan Warlick, a Nashville lawyer who represents doctors in trouble with the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners, said a case such as Frist's would likely be taken seriously. "They have been routinely revoking licenses for physicians who have misrepresented to the board what they have done," Warlick said. "Medicine changes," Warlick added. "If you're telling them you're keeping up, and you're not, that would be a very significant problem for the board to have to deal with."

Lehigh (a Frist spokesman) said in a statement that Frist independently keeps abreast of medical developments.

"Dr. Frist regularly speaks with physicians on the cutting edge of medical research, reads numerous medical journal articles and attends medical meetings," Lehigh said.

[Stuckinthebush]

1. Technically, he's still Dr.

That is a designation one receives when they finish the highest terminal degree in their field. His terminal degree is in medicne. Medical licensure is a different thing.

He'll still be Dr. Frist, he just won't be able to practice medicine.

[EST]

2. A full time senator and a full time doctor.

What a man!