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June 11, 2008 - 10:17am

Medical board to discuss conflict of interest policy

By Wally Edge
Category: LocalTags: hepatitis scare, Las Vegas health crisis, medical board

The Review-Journal is running a story that details the conflict of interest policy that our state's Board of Medical Examiners will discuss this week.

"This was a subject addressed to us during (legislative committee) meetings. The nursing board has one. Our board does not,'' said Tony Clark, executive director. "I plan to ask the board if it wants to adopt such a policy.''

There is no doubt the board will adopt the policy. When the media spotlight from something of the magnitude of the hepatitis scare shines on a group like this or any board, the light usually finds something crucial that is missing.

Crafting policy under a media spotlight is far from ideal. Having no conflict of interest policy is a clear problem, but the governmental tendency to over-correct is a problem of equal magnitude. The board must function free of conflicts of interest, but it must be able to function. This policy should not be so restrictive that it precludes any successful doctor from serving.

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