Thu Oct 12, 2023 – 9:14 am EDT
(Malone) — According to the Federation of State Medical Boards, the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution authorizes states to establish laws and regulations protecting the health, safety, and general welfare of their citizens.
The federation asserts that:
The practice of medicine is not an inherent right of an individual, but a privilege granted by the people of a state acting through their elected representatives.
To protect the public from the unprofessional, improper and incompetent practice of medicine, each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories have enacted laws and regulations that govern the practice of medicine and outline the responsibility of state medical boards to regulate that practice. This guidance is outlined in a state statute, usually called a Medical Practice Act.
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The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a part of the Bill of Rights, was ratified on December 15, 1791. It expresses the principle of federalism, also known as states’ rights, by stating that the federal government has only those powers delegated to it by the Constitution,
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