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175.005D Physician National Standard Licensure

175.005D

175.005Physician National Standard Licensure: Believing that the U. S. Medical Licensing Examination will provide a standard mechanism for licensure for all states, the Texas Medical Association supports the use of a single licensing examination for initial licensure and licensure through reciprocal endorsement in Texas (Council on Medical Education, p 92, I-92; deleted CME Rep. 7-A-03).

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October 07, 2016

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 The website for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is blunt: “History shows that severe illness and death rates tend to be higher for racial and ethnic minority populations during public health emergencies than for other populations.” That is certainly happening with COVID-19. Emerging data already show that long-standing social determinants of health are stacked against Blacks and Hispanics in Texas, in some cases prompting a stronger call for value-based care, among other tools, so physicians can better help people of color cope with the health inequities brought on by COVID-19.

 

 

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