Medical board says KS Senator's ivermectin directive is 'opinion' with no legal weight

[Eugene]

Earlier DU thread: Kansas senator, an ivermectin advocate, instructs doctors on COVID treatment in letter

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Source: Kansas City Star

Medical board says KS Senator’s ivermectin directive is ‘opinion’ with no legal weight

Katie Bernard, Jonathan Shorman
Fri, April 8, 2022, 4:47 PM·3 min read

The Kansas Board of Healing Arts said Friday that a letter state Sen. Mark Steffen sent to hospitals and clinics instructing them to prescribe off-label treatments for COVID-19 carried no legal or regulatory weight and was “simply his opinion.”

Steffen, a Hutchinson anesthesiologist and longtime proponent of unproven COVID-19 treatments, circulated letters last week on Senate stationary to healthcare providers telling them they must prescribe ivermectin and other treatments to COVID-19 patients and that they will be shielded from the board’s “interference.”

Steffen is currently under investigation by the board, which licenses health care providers in Kansas.

In his March 31 letter he cited the recent Senate passage of a measure, House Bill 2280. But the bill hasn’t passed the Legislature and may never become law.

In a response letter Friday, the Board of Healing Arts said Steffen’s “unprecedented” letter had caused “confusion and concern” in the Kansas medical community.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/medical-board-says-ks-senator-204728182.html

[RainCaster]

1. Isn't that malpractice?

It should be.

[Eugene]

2. The medical board already has him under investigation.

His proposed legislation proposes to override the medical board.