FSMB Releases Background Paper on Maintenance of Licensure Framework
The FSMB's Board of Directors at its July 2010 meeting approved a background paper about the FSMB’s framework for Maintenance of Licensure (MOL). The paper summarizes the history of the FSMB’s efforts to seek a process by which licensed physicians in the United States could be required to demonstrate ongoing competence as a requirement for licensure renewal and discusses the MOL framework ultimately adopted in April 2010 by the FSMB’s House of Delegates. An FSMB-sponsored MOL Implementation Group, supported by a CEO Advisory Council of leaders from relevant stakeholder organizations, has been meeting regularly to begin to explore the options by which state medical and osteopathic boards may wish to implement MOL in the near future. Learn more.

International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities Conference on Medical Regulation
The International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities (IAMRA) 9th Biennial Conference on Medical Regulation is scheduled for Sept. 26-29, 2010, in Philadelphia, Pa. The first in IAMRA's series of conferences on Best Practices in Medical Regulation, IAMRA 2010 will be a results-driven event that will begin to define best practices in a number of important content areas. We hope you will join us in shaping the future of medical regulation! Learn more.