The Board of Registration in Medicine is a public protection agency which licenses physicians, investigates public complaints, and when necessary, disciplines physicians. Additionally, the Board is responsible for monitoring the quality assurance and risk-management programs of over 1,000 health care facilities across the Commonwealth and providing consumers with public information regarding physicians through the Physician Profile System.

Budget Recommendations

The amount recommended for Fiscal Year 1999 will enable the Board to provide the same level of services as in Fiscal Year 1998. Funding for the operation of the Physician Profile System (7006-0135) will be transferred to the Board's administrative line-item (7006-0130). This consolidation will provide the Board with a more flexible funding structure and enable it to improve the management of its resources.

Budgetary Direct Appropriations

BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN MEDICINE
7006-0130	For the operation of the board of registration in medicine and the committee on acupuncture, including the expenses of the physician profile system	2,000,245

Trust and Other Spending

9230-9000

BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN MEDICINE TRUST

1,705,976