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ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL

Electromyographic Consultations

RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Medical Society supports the position that electromyographic consultations to determine the location and possible type of disease of nerve and muscle are part of the practice of medicine; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Medical Society supports the position that electromyographic consultations be performed only by or under the direct supervision of a qualified, licensed physician.

(Resolution 3-1988, adopted 5/7/88
(revised, Report MM-1998, Item 45, adopted 11/15/98)
(revised, Report L3-2004, Item 10, adopted 11/14/2004)
(reaffirmed, Report I-2009, Item 2-65, adopted 11/01/2009) (reaffirmed, Reaffirmation Report-2014, Item 48, adopted 10/25/2014)