Sen. Frist Admits - He May Have Lied On His Medical License Renewal

[kpete]

Frist medical license renewal questioned
By NANCY ZUCKERBROD, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - 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.

Responding Tuesday to repeated requests from The Associated Press, a Frist spokesman said the Republican senator may not have done his continuing education after all, and had contacted the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners to see if corrective steps were necessary.

"As a result of a change in Tennessee's regulations several years after Dr. Frist came to the Senate, he may be required to complete additional continuing medical education hours," spokesman Matt Lehigh said in a statement. "A representative of the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners has been contacted, and Dr. Frist will meet every requirement of the Board."

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

[Nozebro]

1. What penalty does one face in Tenn. for that kind of falsifying?

If you lie about your financial information whenever you apply for a loan, it's a felony. If you hold yourself out to be an attorney but you are not a licensed attorney, it's illegal. Does this gentleman face any consequences for making false representations about his professional qualifications?

[TankLV]

50. The professional licensing law is very clear. You lie or otherwise

screwup the renewal, then you IMMEDIATELY lose your license until you take the appropriate steps to get relicensed - ususally starting from scratch as if you've never had one - like taking all the required tests, etc.

EIYAAR.

(Except of you're a repuke, of course...)

[Totally Committed]

2. If he treated patients while "technically" not in possession

of a valid medical license, isn't that a crime?

TC

[theanarch]

7. no, it's called faith healing...n/t

[Clark2008]

16. Hmmmm.... maybe Michael Schiavo has a case...

:shrug:

[madrchsod]

36. yes...but he doesn`t practice medicine anymore

because he is a politician. the spoils are so far greater in politics that worrying about 40 hours of education is a minor annoyance

[Kikosexy2]

48. Dr. Cat Killer...

on the loose...everybody run!!

[Bushladen]

51. Not if

the kittens died

[ThingsGottaChange]

3. Hey, if * can be AWOL so can Cat Torturer

I can't take these pieces of shit much longer!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Supersedeas]

47. Filthy Lying Bastards

[rzemanfl]

4. He apparently thought that if you only do an ocassional, fake

diagnosis based on cherry picked video footage of a brain dead woman you can get away with not continuing your medical education.

[hughee99]

8. Actually,

Could the time he spent with the fundie doctors during the whole Schiavo thing count as "medical education"? I'm sure he learned some things from them that you'd never learn in medical school.

[YDogg]

5. What a wonderful role model.

[me b zola]

28. LOL. Wonderful role model--funny you should mention that--LOL

Check out this book that Frist wrote:


Yes, that's right, the title is 'Good People Beget Good People, a geneology of the Frist family'

:rofl:

Okay, now compose yourself for this:

Roll Call, the Washington insiders’ newspaper published on Capitol Hill, recently reported that Jonathan Frist’s Facebook entry declared him a member of the “Jonathan Frist appreciation for ‘Waking Up White People’ Group”. It also mentioned a group where there were “No Jews allowed. Just kidding. No seriously”.

Here's a pic of dear Jonathan Frist, wearing confederate army uniform pants:



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1995472

Yep. Frist must be a hell of a role model


:rofl:

:rofl:

:rofl:

:rofl:

[dogday]

6. May of lied means he did lie

You should not have to think about whether you told the truth or not....

[hughee99]

10. May have lied means he's not sure if you can prove it.

Once the documents are produced, it becomes a "misstatement" or an "unintentional oversight"

[Hosnon]

18. If that's the case he has morons as advisors. Why would he use the

word lie when he could have said:

"I may have misrepresented/erred/goofed"?

[hughee99]

19. I have no doubt his advisers are morans...

but you bring up a good point.

[jackstraw45]

9. What? The author of "Good People Beget Good People"?????

[Momgonepostal]

11. Come on guys...

I'm sure he spent at least 40 hours long distance diagnosing Terri Schiavo. That should count, right?
:sarcasm:

[freedomburn]

12. What? A Republican lied?? ::feigns shock::

[Hubert Flottz]

14. If he can't lie he can't be a GOP contender for the White House.

[The Wizard]

30. But

this is the only time he lied and it was only a little white lie anyway. :sarcasm: :rofl:

[kcass1954]

56. Besides, it's not like it's anything important,

like a bj or something.

[drone]

38. May?

The repukes call it something else that doesn't sound so bad. Like a little inaccurate - not exactly correct. I say a lie is a lie is a lie.

[formercia]

13. He can meet his requirement

by working in the prison hospital. I hear that prisoners are to be used for drug studies.


Doktor Mengele, Bitte.

[Richard Steele]

15. It's not really a LIE unless you're a Democrat. Repubs "misspeak", or...

.."overlook things" or commit "youthful indescretions"...You know,
whatever "phrase" is necessary to give the sacks of shit
their ten thousandth "free pass".

There's just no way in hell this guy should still have a license anyway.
That '40 hours every 2 years' is a goddamn joke, a MINIMAL
token GESTURE at the notion of keeping medical knowledge up-to-date.
And he didn't even do that. Then he LIED and said he did.

[Hosnon]

17. May have lied? That doesn't make much sense. Lying seems to require the

intent to deceive - you can't accidentally do that.

[Canuckistanian]

20. Very true - how do you "accidentally" lie?

He could plead permanent insanity.

[texpatriot2004]

21. If he opened his mouth to utter words, he lied. nt

[Avalux]

22. Gotta do them CMEs cat killer!

Dumbass. x(

When was the last time the idiot performed a surgery?? Wouldn't let him NEAR me; doesn't deserve a valid medical license and should be reprimanded for lying but won't be.

[PresidentWar]

23. I'm surprised he's not blaming it on the Jews

considering the views of that little slimeball kid of his.

[NightOwwl]

24. Another day...another Republican...

another lie.

It never stops.

[5thGenDemocrat]

25. "Doctor Frist, Doctor Frist...report to perjury"

Let's see how this "equal justice under law" thing works out for The Cat Killer. I suspect no punishment whatsoever for His Excellency.
John
Kind of a cynic that way.

[peekaloo]

39. LOL

:thumbsup:

[PurpleChez]

44. Bwah-hah-hah!

that made my day!

[tyedyeto]

26. This says it all:

"A representative of the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners has been contacted, and Dr. Frist will meet every requirement of the Board."

Doesn't matter if he did or did not meet requirements, he will meet them today (or tomorrow).

[leesa]

27. They sure as hell would pull my RN license if I did that. I have to list

the courses I take and their accreditation numbers within the two year period on my renewal and I expect he has to do the same. Sounds like he renewed twice without any continuing ed credits fulfilled. He'd make a great GOP prez nominee.

[dusty64]

29. Kick!

:kick:

[chelsea0011]

31. He watched video of surgery on the Discovery Channel. Doesn't that

count?

[hunter]

35. I doubt he even did that.

He watched porn in a motel and learned a new proctology procedure.

[IronLionZion]

32. Isn't this type of bullshit a pre-requisite for GOP presidential candidacy

There was a time when nobody expected Bush 43 or Reagan would be president. Now, anything is possible.

[GrantDem]

33. Does cutting up kittys count???

:sarcasm:


What an Idiot.

[grizmaster]

34. apparently by republican standards, yes if you kill enough

save tormented human vegetables but torture and kill kittens- typical republican values

[IWantAChange]

37. a 'Doctor' who cant remember

whether or not he completed 40 hours of continuing medical education in the last 24 months. Does Frist fit in with the evil cabal of Cheney/Bush/Rove or what?

[Divine Discontent]

41. WELCOME TO DU!

:hi: :hi: :hi:

if he can't remember if he's had 40 hours of medical education, he needs checked for alzheimer's.

[mark11727]

43. So we're looking at FIVE 8-hours days over 24 months...

... or TEN 4-hour days, or whatever.

He's NOT IN THE OFFICE ...wouldn't this show up in an appointment book or someplace?

[shain from kane]

40. Those rules are for the little people. Why should I be bothered?

[AspenRose]

42. They should have pulled his license when he pulled that Schiavo crap.

x(

FIRST DO NO HARM, Senator CatKiller!

[cboy4]

45. This explains why he knows nothing about communicable diseases

“…Now, you’re a doctor. Do you believe that
tears and sweat can transmit HIV?

SENATOR BILL FRIST
I don’t know. I can tell you …

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS
(Off Camera) You don’t know?

SENATOR BILL FRIST
I can tell you things like, like …

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS
(Off Camera) Well, wait, let me stop you, you don’t know that, you believe that tears and sweat might be able to
transmit AIDS?

SENATOR BILL FRIST
Yeah, no, I can tell you that HIV is not very transmissible as an element…”

:eyes:

[Beelzebud]

46. Liar, Animal Torturer, Forger-er and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R)

That should be the title on his senate office door.

[scarface2004]

49. i m a licensed professional

and i have been aware of the continuing ed requirement since day 1...in fact you have to list the courses taken and the dates taken and the sponsor.

so i would expect the form frist filled out to be similar, meaning frist made up a bunch of shit to fill out the form...what a suprise huh!?

[knitter4democracy]

52. What an easy state, too.

Michigan makes my hubby average 50 CME credits a year, not twenty.

He can get all of them by taking a CME test from the New England Journal. Oh, right, he probably doesn't read the premier medical journal because it's very anti-Bush and the GOP. Well, his loss.

[NMMNG]

53. A Republican politician lied? I am shocked and awed.

:sarcasm:

[spanone]

54. There's no 'may have' lied, he fucking lied.

Does this mean that the HCA Video Diagnosis Center will be shut down?

:banghead:

Whatever happened to just plain old telling the truth?

[emald]

55. typical gop'er lie and cry when your caught

what is it about the repukes that allows them a second chance to get it right? He lied, an intentional action, when he filled out the form. Now that someone has caught him he wants a second chance to get it right. And he will probably get it. Powerfull people need not completely comply with the law.
fuckers. may they all rot in hell.