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FSMB Approves Medical Misinformation and Disinformation Policy

5/11/2022

The Federation of State Medical Boards recently approved a comprehensive medical misinformation and disinformation policy at its annual meeting. The policy and accompanying report provides key definitions, principles and recommendations state boards will be using to investigate and adjudicate an increasing number of complaints since the onset of the pandemic.

ABAI's 2021 statement on spreading of COVID-19 misinformation can be found here.

Read the new FSMB policy on medical misinformation and disinformation here.

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