Do State Medical Board Applications Violate the Americans With Disabilities Act?

• DOI: 10.1097/acm.0b013e3181a43bb2
• Publication Date: 2009-05-25T07:30:26Z
• Authors: Robin Schroeder; Chantal M.L.R. Br...; Freda Zackin; Sue Rovi; John Dickey; Mark S. Johnson; Steven E. Keller
• Keywords: Licensure

To determine whether medical licensing board application questions about the mental or physical health substance use history of applicant violate Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 1990.Content analysis 51 allopathic applications (50 states and District Columbia) was performed at University Medicine Dentistry New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School in 2005. Questions referencing were identified by a team physicians reviewed categorized based on ADA appropriate case law legal counsel.Of reviewed, 49 (96%) contained pertaining to applicant. Thirty-four (69%) state least one "likely impermissible" "impermissible" item law.Most contain that ask physician applicants. Many appear be violation ADA, even 19 years after enactment regulation. These do not elicit responses which professional competence can judged. The presence these may cause avoid delay treatment personal illness.