IME Testimony during the House Health Committee Hearing.

[Guest guest]

Dear Listmates.

Yesterday at the House Health Committee hearing regarding how the OBCE deals

with complaints, specifically in regards to IMEs, three DCs testified in front

of the committee. Their testimony can be listened to at

http://www.leg.state.or.us/listn/.

During that testimony, direct quotes from this DC List serve were entered into

the record of the House Health Committee hearing. I find this blatant violation

of List serve rules to be appalling. It is my opinion that the doctors of record

who were testifying at this committee, who violated these rules should be

expelled from having the privilege of membership on this list.

Many forums on the net are anonymous. The reason we have signature requirements

on this list is that we are expected to respect everyone's opinion here,

realizing that this will ensure professional dialogue. When someone violates

that tenant, then the list will die and we will lose this wonderful tool. It

also speaks volumes to the integrity of the persons violating this rule. If they

are so willing to throw their colleagues under the bus in front of the Oregon

Legislature, especially when there are non-professional audience members in the

gallery, and when one of those in attendance was a medical physician testifying

on another matter, we look very unprofessional and it appears to the audience

that we need to have greater control put on us by the Oregon Legislature.

I would like to remind all of us, be careful what we say on this list, at least

as long as particular people have no concern about keeping our comments private.

Sincerely, and with tremendous respect for the integrity of this list.

Grice, DC

Albany, OR