Pickens County Medical Society



Pickens County Medical Society is a
501(c)(6) Non-Profit Professional Society of Pickens-County Physicians
and other Pickens-County Healthcare Practitioners dedicated to
improving healthcare in Pickens County Georgia

In an effort to eliminate any conflicts of interest
None of our members are employees of Piedmont Mountainside Hospital.
Because of this, citizens of Pickens County can be more assured that the interest
of patients in Pickens County are put before the interest of the hospital in the county.

INITIAL ACTIVITIES

The initial activities of the society will include the following:

(1) The society will engage in research and education in accordance with generalized accepted standards utilized by most academic organizations in the United States. In many cases, the results of such research and education will be published and rebuttal will be permitted by any person or organization, who/which may be the subject of such research and education, provided that any such rebuttal, is determined by the society, to also adhere to such standards. All of such publications will adhere to standards of the society and will be considered to be solely opinion and will be considered to have all rights granted under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America.

(2) The society will engage in the creation of policy for the practice of medicine and surgery in Pickens County Georgia. Much, if not all, of this policy will be similar to the policy created by other 501(c)(6) non-profit organizations in the United States. All of such policy will be considered to be solely opinion and will be considered to have all rights granted under the First Amendment of the Constituion of the United States of America. One or more Officers of the Society will be permitted to render expert testimony pertaining to such policy in any legal proceeding, provided that such testimony is congruent with the policy of the Society.

(3) To the extent that it is permitted by law, the society will engage in peer review of all practitioners of the healing arts in Pickens County Georgia in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 11111 to 11152 or any Federal Rule or Regulation. Any negative opinion of the Society pertaining to any peer review of any such practitioner of the healing arts, will be reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank in accordance with Federal laws, rules and regulations. The society and all persons involved with prosecuting such peer review or providing testimony or evidence in such peer review, will be limited in liability as is set forth in Federal laws, rules and regulations, including: 42 U.S.C. 11111(a).



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Pickens County Medical Society
Email: info@pickensmedical.org