Oregon Medical board trying to mandate snitching

Oregon, the state which is leading the race to out-California California. If they haven’t already gone off the tracks, this should do it.

The Oregon Medical Board has introduced a new ethics rule that threatens to revoke the medical licenses of doctors who commit “microaggressions” in the workplace.

Under the proposed law first introduced in April, doctors will be required to report “unprofessional or dishonorable conduct” by themselves or a licensed colleague within 10 business days. If they do not comply with the mandatory rule, they will face disciplinary action, which could include the loss of their medical license, according to the proposal.

Okay, what the hell is a micro-aggression? In clear, understandable, unambiguous terms? As far as I have been able to ascertain, if someone doesn’t like it, it’s a microagression whether you know it or not. And to make it mandatory to submit a mea culpa or denunciation? Law professor Jonathan Turley had this reaction:

“The incorporation of microaggressions under the new ethics rules is precisely what some of us have been warning about for years. As is often the case, activists begin by insisting that language monitoring is purely instructional and optional before codifying those rules in mandatory terms,” Turley wrote.

Turley said he has been critical of the “microaggression” rules on college campuses in the past, arguing that they are “hopelessly vague” and highly controversial.

“That ambiguity creates a threat to free speech through a chilling effect on speakers who are unsure of what will be considered microaggressive,” he warned.

“Terms ranging from ‘melting pot’ to phrases like ‘pulling oneself up by your own bootstraps’ have been declared racist.

Apparently suggesting people learn to merge into a dominant culture is wrong, now. How about suggesting that if they don’t like it that they leave?

Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, a former University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine associate dean, told the outlet that he fears Oregon’s attempt to penalize microaggressions so severely will have a “chilling” effect on medicine and could prevent doctors from providing optimal care.

“Physicians need to be able to speak frankly and honestly with their patients,” he told the Free Beacon. “If they believe that they can be sanctioned because they deliver bad news or make a comment that the patient misinterprets, this will lead to a chilling effect on speech and ultimately lead to deterioration in the patient-physician relationship.”

So if a doctor speaks bluntly to a patient and the patient doesn’t like it, they can complain. If a colleague hears it and doesn’t inform on them, they could ALSO be sanctioned. Geez, we have a shortage of doctors in most places, and you want to disbar or defrock or whatever you call it the ones we have due to some cockamamey 1984 type informants mandate?

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