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American College of Surgeons State Testimony

 Memorandum of Support of the Northern California Chapter ACS on AB 1621 providing an exemption to the Grant H. Kenyon Prostate Cancer Detection Act, to the California Assembly Committee on Business, Professions, and Consumer Protection on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 (160K PDF)

Memorandum of Support of the American College of Surgeons and the Pennsylvania Chapters of the ACS on HB 2120 the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act, March 2012 (90K PDF)

Memorandum of Support of the American College of Surgeons on New York S.2917/A.1074, an act to amend the public health law, in relation to the use of ultraviolet radiation devices by persons under eighteen years of age, March 2012 (80K PDF)

Comment letter of the American College of Surgeons on Kentucky rules to implement legislation expanding the scope of practice of optometry into surgery; July 27, 2011 (60K PDF)

Memorandum in Opposition of the American College of Surgeons to New York S.3059/A.2820 expanding scope of practice of single degree dentists to perform elective oral and maxillofacial surgical procedures, May 17th, 2011 (40K PDF)

Statement of the American College of Surgeons to the Connecticut Joint Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee in opposition to the imposition of taxes on cosmetic surgical procedures, March 7, 2011 (40K PDF)

Joint Letter in opposition to Florida SB 432/HB 155, legislation to restrict physicians from asking about firearms in the home, April 11, 2011 (20K PDF)

Written testimony of the Chicago Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons opposing Illinois HB 1391, a bill to shift trauma funding from trauma centers to hospital emergency services in trauma regions where no trauma center exists, March 8, 2011 (180K PDF)

Statement of the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Professional Association, Inc, to the Connecticut Joint Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee on SB 1007, an act concerning the governor’s recommendations on revenue to tax cosmetic surgical procedures, March 7, 2011 (300K PDF)

Letter of opposition of the American College of Surgeons to the chair of the Nebraska Health and Human Services Committee regarding LB 316 and expansion of scope of practice of optometry into surgery, February 23, 2011 (50K PDF)

Letter of opposition of the American College of Surgeons to Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear regarding SB 110 to expand the scope of practice of optometry into surgery, February 22nd, 2011 (70K PDF)

Letter of opposition of the American College of Surgeons to the Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives regarding SB 110 to expand the scope of practice of optometry into surgery, February 16th, 2011 (100K PDF)

Letter of opposition of the American College of Surgeons to the President of the West Virginia Board of Optometry regarding proposed regulations to expand the scope of practice of optometry into surgery, July 16, 2010 (100 K PDF)

Memorandum of opposition of the American College of Surgeons to the New York legislature regarding licensure of naturopaths, May 2010 (550K PDF)

 Statement of the American College of Surgeons on the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act presented by Kimberly Anne Davis, MD, FACS, FCCM, Connecticut COT Chair, to the Connecticut Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security – Public Hearing February 10, 2009 (280K PDF)

Statement of James K. Elsey, MD, FACS, Georgia ACS Governor, to the Georgia Board of Community Health – Public Hearing November 28, 2007 (160K PDF)

Written testimony of the American College of Surgeons to the Georgia Board of Community Health – Public Hearing November 28, 2007 (1530K PDF)

 Statement of Thomas Gadacz, MD, FACS, Georgia ACS Governor, to the Georgia Health Strategies Council – February 17, 2006 (20K PDF)

 Statement of Thomas Gadacz, MD, FACS, Georgia ACS Governor, to the Georgia State Commission on the Efficacy of the Certificate of Need Program—October 24, 2005 (2500K PDF)

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Revised March 22, 2012

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