Telemedicine

Collaborative care within the healthcare team

Drug overdose prevention

Medical Testimony

Physician supervision of other licensed health care practitioners

Capital punishment

Competence and re-entry to the active practice of medicine

The medical supervisor-trainee relationship

Office-based procedures

Sale of goods from physician offices

Departures or closings of medical practices

Advertising and publicity

Contact with patients before prescribing

What are the position statements of the Board and to whom do they apply?

Joint statement on pain management and end-of-life care (Adopted by the North Carolina Medical, Nursing and Pharmacy Board)

End-of-life responsibilities and palliative care

Laser surgery

Professional obligations pertaining to incompetence, impairment or unethical conduct of licensees

Retention of medical records

Prescribing legend or controlled substances for other than validated medical or therapeutic purposes, with particular reference to substances or preparations with anabolic properties

The retired physician

Policy for the use of controlled substances for the treatment of pain

The physician-patient relationship

Medical record documentation

Unethical agreements in complaint settlements

Referral fees and fee splitting

Access to medical records

Availability of physicians to their patients

Advance directives and patient autonomy

HIV/HBV infected health care workers

Care of the patient undergoing surgical or other invasive procedure

Self-treatment and treatment of family members and others with whom significant emotional relationships exist

Writing of prescriptions

Sexual exploitation of patients

Guidelines for avoiding misunderstandings during physical examinations

The treatment of obesity