RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Medical Society supports review of health care coverage and reimbursement requirements based on the following criteria:

1. The service or procedure is required in a life-threatening emergency, or
2. The service or procedure is required to prevent chronic disease, or
3. The service or procedure is cost-effective, i.e., will prevent or reduce future health care expenditures, or
4. The service or procedure would be considered by prudent laypersons to be a standard provision in a health insurance benefit package, or
5. The service or procedure is based on generally accepted standards of medical practice, based on credible scientific evidence published in peer-reviewed medical literature and generally recognized by the relevant medical community.