Board: Physician-legislator's COVID directive has no weight
April 8, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas board that licenses health care providers raised concerns Friday about a letter that a physician-legislator sent to doctors suggesting that they prescribe ivermectin and other medications that aren't approved to treat the virus.
The Kansas Board of Healing Arts said that the "unprecedented" letter from Kansas Sen. Mark Steffen carried no legal or regulatory weight but has caused "confusion and concern" in the Kansas medical community, The Kansas City Star reports.
Steffen, who is an anesthesiologist, said that health care providers will be shielded from the b...
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