Dear Fellow ADA Member,

The ADA Board of Directors, Executive Director and Website Consultant have been intensely involved in reviewing the AMA Scope of Practice Partnership (SOPP) documents and activities and working on mechanisms to inform our members and respond to the AMA SOPP document regarding audiology. We would like to share some links we have found that provide information regarding the AMA SOPP*:

• The first link is a document from AMA Advocacy Resource Center (January 2009) which tracks Scope of Practice Campaign Trends for 2009 State Legislative/Regulatory Sessions (by state). You can see that there are entries regarding audiology legislative trends that this document is highlighting, as well as legislative activities by other health professions that the AMA is tracking.
• The second link, The Coalition for Patients' Rights, is an organization representing a coalition of 35 healthcare organizations, which have banded together to respond to the AMA. Be sure to check out their letter to President Obama in May 09 from a link on this page. Also view the Joint Statement from the menu on the left hand side.
• The third link will take you to blog pages that also reference the AMA SOPP, including a summary of the Coaltion for Patients' Rights.

The work by ADA regarding the AMA SOPP is an ongoing work in progress, and we will continue to share information that we find via the ADA website, the ADAConnect ListServ and the AuDioGram.

*If the links do not work for you, simply paste Scope of Practice Campaign Trends for 2009 into Google or other search engine, and you should be able to locate the document.

DISCLAIMER: The ADA is dedicated to leadership in advancing practitioner excellence, high ethical standards, professional autonomy, hearing technology, and sound business practices in the provision of quality audiological care.