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Restricted Alternative Cancer Treatment
Our goal is to change the State law so physicians and naturopathic doctors can offer integrated treatment of cancer. Our bill would also give the right to parents to select the type of cancer treatment for their child. Under current law if a parent does not approve of chemotherapy and or surgery for their child the child protection agency will remove the child from the home and have the treatment done on the child. The parents can also be arrested and their other children can be removed from the home.
Freedom for physicians in California to have the same rights as physicians have in other states to offer safe/effective alternative treatment for cancer is illegal under Section 109335 of the Health and Safety Code.
This year our organization is trying a different approach. We are focusing on the Medical Board to reinstate their Committee on Alternative Treatments and to present to that Committee the facts about the safety and effectiveness of alternative treatments for cancer. The goal is to prevail on the Medical Board to sponsor a bill to change the state law.
If the public supports our effort by letter writing we think we have a chance of having the Medical Board sponsor the bill. If the Board does so then it has a excellent chance of passage through the legislature. The Board has almost all relative new members; five of the members are public members (non-physicians) and seven are physicians. The chair, vice chair and secretary are all public members.
How you can help:
The other locations will be in the San Francisco Area, Sacramento and Los Angeles. For location, times and agenda go to http://www.medbd.ca.gov/board/meetings/Index.html .
Note: for San Diego best to attend meeting on Friday after 9:am, schedule was changed.
The best time to attend the general meeting of the Board is usually on Thursday about 9:00 am when the public is allowed to speak. The public is invited to attend and address the Board. In your presentation always be short, polite and positive. A simple statement of “You are pledged to protect the public. In doing so you should support the right of citizens to have access to all forms of good medicine. In California for it to be a crime for physicians to practice safe and effective treatment for cancer is not protecting the public. Please work to change that law.”
You may write a letter and express your view to the Board as a whole, letters should be addressed to Members of the Board, or write to individual members in care of the Board. The address is California Medical Board is 2005 Evergreen Street, Suite 1200, Sacramento, CA 95815. Again be positive in your communication. Board Members generally want to serve the public, as they are very committed individuals. We want them on our side.
Write to the Medical Board requesting them to sponsor the proposed bill by California Citizens for Health Freedom that would make it legal for physicians and naturopathic doctors to offer integrative treatment of cancer and protect the right of parents to select the treatment for their children
. Click here for sample of letter to write.Medical Board of California, 2005 Evergreen Street, Suite 1200, Sacramento, CA 95815.
Make copies of the above request to write letters to the Board and distribute to friends and health food stores etc.
If you wish attend the next meeting of the Medical Board it will be in San
Diego on Oct 29 & 30 at Marriott Courtyard San Diego / Liberty Station
2592 Laning Road
Phone number of the hotel is (619)-358-1356
The agenda for the meeting is not published at this time. Go to the California Medical Board website click on ABOUT THE BOARD at top of page. Then Click on Board and Committee Meetings. The agenda section where it is updated will have the agenda of the board meeting. We expect the best time to be there is on Thursday 28th, early when the comments from the public are welcome. Just being at the meeting will show support for our effort