The Arizona Medical Board is meant to protect the public by regulating physicians, but state law obscures the reprimands of hundreds of doctors.
The law keeping advisory letters off the internet passed more than 10 years ago, with some controversy.“I still really do have some concern about the reduction in the transparency,” said former state Sen. Rick Murphy, R-Peoria, as he voted against moving the bill forward in the lawmaking process, a state recording shows.
The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Nancy Barto, R-Phoenix, didn’t answer questions about why she sponsored it or whether it would be undone. Instead, she took a shot at the state medical board.“I cannot speak to whether members would consider changes to this statute next session, but I would say that the Modern Vascular issue wouldn’t be resolved simply with an advisory letter placed on the website.
The restriction is part of Ducey's annual orders seeking to curb the creation of new state regulations, though aAn executive order by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey expands restrictions on public access to government records, but a Ducey spokesman said information about advisory letters"should be made available.”Barto’s law and Ducey’s executive order were cited by the Arizona Medical Board as reasons it couldn't post the advisory letters online.
The board’s executive director, Patricia McSorley, didn’t comment on the criticism from Barto or Ducey’s spokesman. She stressed that a doctor under board scrutiny is afforded the chance to make a defense, and the letters allow the board to track conduct over time. She pointed to fine print on the bottom of a doctor’s online profile that says patients can ask for additional public records.
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