The staff director of the Board of Registration in Medicine resigned Tuesday, and the departure, combined with turnover among board members this year, indicates a probable shift in focus at the agency that oversees licensing and discipline for more than 34,000 physicians in the state.
Every seat on the seven-member board has been filled with someone new in the past 18 months or left empty after resignations. And Dr. Stancel Riley, who had been the agency’s top executive for three years, had somewhat different priorities than the board’s new leader, according to their public remarks.
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So, we are now going to see more doctors having their license to practice revoked if they sleep with anyone other than their wife, or, if they are separated or divorced, with anyone who works in the same hospital or clinic? And that is "protecting patients"? Great that women with these kinds of sensitivities are the dominant majority on the Board of Registration in Medicine. The Globe should do an in-depth investigation on the makeup and operation of the Board, what their history has been, and what their new direction and actions will entail.