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DuVall's VA report was published by the National Association for Chiropractic Medicine on the ChiroSci-List, a chiropractic list-serve:From:
INAUGURAL MEETING OF CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT CHIROPRACTIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION Veterans Administration Committee Members:
VA Coordinator for the committee: Sara McVicker, R.N., M.N. To the surprising of all committee members the meeting went off with no problems, though I have great reservation as to whether this same climate can be sustained through 12/31/2004. [date the committee's time expires.] Open Public Meetings: Per the law these meetings will be open to the public, but prior contact with the VA must be made so your name can be given to security for admittance to the building. During the meeting anyone who attends must sit and listen - you WILL NOT ASK QUESTIONS*. If when you come to a meeting, when you make arrangements to attend you must make it clear that you wish to make a statement to the COMMITTEE. You may NOT address ANY committee member individually. Whether you will be permitted to address the Committee will depend on the activities that MUST be address by the Committee. If you are permitted to speak, you WILL be LIMITED to 5 minutes. (* If ANYONE does NOT follow the protocol of sitting and listening ONLY, or if permitted to address the Committee tries to direct their position toward a single member of the Committee, or if any observer disrupts the meeting, they WILL be escorted form the meeting by security - resistance WILL result in ARREST. The major portion of the meetings were the familiarization with the do's & don't's of a congressional advisory committee & what laws. etc. that WILL be adhered to by Special Government Employees [committee members]. It was pointed out to the chiropractic members, and the numerous lobbyists that came to observe from every faction of the profession, that while their law was passed with the direction that chiropractic physicians will be hired by the VA they grossly missed a KEY point in their law - they had failed to include that chiropractic physicians will be hired under Title 38. (The hiring status for physicians [MD/DO/DDS/DMD/PA/OD/DPM). They also had not done the proper study to determine WHAT D.C.'s do to determine whether they could be taken in under Title 38 or if they [D.C.'s] would be better in Hybrid Title 38 or Title 5. The reaction I observed of the chiro. lobbyists was UTTER SHOCK! As if they, who are paid the $$$$$$$$ to KNOW, Didn't have a clue. We worked on seeing if the Secretary of the VA will permit D.C.'s to be hired under Title 38 or if new legislation will be needed to add this in. In the mean time as study of chiropractic WILL be conducted by a company of the VA's choosing. We will know more about these subjects when we meet again Dec. 5 -6, 2002. Besides going to Bethesda Naval Hospital to see the D.C. who is working there, we will reach a point that, I believe, feathers will ruffle, as we decide scope of practice for DC's & referral to DC's. [In my humble opinion, if anyone believes that DC's will become primary care providers in the VA, it is more likely that the Jews will give the Hamas the key to Tel Aviv.] A few points to consider about the VA.
As I noted above, but must say again, Reed Phillips was a true gentleman and an excellent chairman with the respect of the MD - DO - PT - & civilian. When we left yesterday, Reed advised ALL the chiros [with the lobbyists behind them] and with EVERYONE present, including the stenographer*, that if they chose to speak to any chiro publication, they were to state the truth of what took place Awith NO Embellishment. On Tuesday, I had a film crew from Showtime, come into DC to film me for an upcoming show on questionable medical practices & quackery. I was to meet them at my hotel at 5:30. When our meeting broke, Reed wanted all the DC's to stay to talk about what we intended to say when we (DC's) presented the scope & practice, history, etc about chiropractic. I told Reed I had an appointment and could not stay; when he asked what I intended to say, I informed him that I would be short & sweet - stick to the letter of the law & the known scientifically valid, universally accepted data and evidence based studies, relative to the therapeutic benefit of SMT. It was my belief At the time that each of us would speak. Yesterday when I left, Reed informed me at their meeting, it was decided that each DC would present a topic and I Agot what you wanted - the scientific evidence of SMT. So no matter what some may allege, I'll talk about what's proven. If anyone would like to attend any of these meetings just call and make arrangements:
Well thats it in a nutshell, if anyone has any questions give me a yell. Chuck Dates of upcoming Committee meetings:
Tim Mirtz DC
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