Bill Frist seems to have trouble telling the truth...

[marmar]

By NANCY ZUCKERBROD, Associated Press Writer
Tue Aug 29, 5:30 PM ET



WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist acknowledged Tuesday that he may not have met all the requirements needed to keep his medical license active — even though he gave paperwork to Tennessee officials indicating that he had.

The state of Tennessee requires its licensed physicians to complete 40 hours of continuing medical education every two years. Frist, a heart-lung surgeon who is considering a 2008 presidential run, submitted a license renewal with the Tennessee Health Department stating he has fulfilled that requirement.

Responding Tuesday to repeated requests from The Associated Press, a Frist spokesman said the Republican senator may not have done his continuing education after all, and had contacted the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners to see if corrective steps were necessary.

"As a result of a change in Tennessee's regulations several years after Dr. Frist came to the Senate, he may be required to complete additional continuing medical education hours," spokesman Matt Lehigh said in a statement. "A representative of the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners has been contacted, and Dr. Frist will meet every requirement of the Board."

Lehigh indicated that he thought Frist was unaware of a change Tennessee officials enacted in November 2002, which required continuing education for doctors who want to keep active licenses.

Starting with renewal applications filed in January 2005, the state required doctors to have completed 40 hours of continuing education in the two years that preceded their filing.

A renewal application Frist filed with the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners in February of this year specifically mentions the continuing education requirement and bears his signature.

Courses or programs are supposed to follow guidelines set by the American Medical Association or the American Academy of Family Physicians, according to Tennessee rules. Approved training generally includes attending accredited conferences or workshops and seminars.

The rest is at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060829/ap_on_el_se/frist_medical_license

[karynnj]

1. Maybe he will request special credit for the pioneering work

he did in diagnosing patients via video - even for conditions not in his area of expertise.

[yellowcanine]

12. You mean "remote diagnosis of consciosness of an adult female in a

persistent vegetative state."? That should be worth a couple of CEUs.

[Tinksrival]

2. (Bill Frist seems to have trouble telling the truth)...Ya think ?

[marmar]

4. That's a great pic...

Judging by the posts earlier this week about his son, clearly the Frist family isn't the brainiest in town.

[Warpy]

3. 40 hours? That's ALL?

We lowly nurses have to do 30 hours here in NM.

[Ilsa]

7. And think about how many of those hours can be fulfilled by

sitting at a luncheon and listening to a program hosted by a Big Pharma about some new drug. He could go to one luncheon a week and make up the hours and never break a mental sweat.

[EST]

5. Frist? Lie? Whoodathunkit?

Good thing he's a republiclown: it won't show and nobody will notice that he's a liar, through and through.

[pooja]

6. So sad he'd have to do a full weeks worth of work..

[Sparkly]

8. "Other priorities," you know... nt

[AlamoDemoc]

9. I guess folks in Tennessee

folks in Tennessee have to evaluate what type of Frisbee doctor they have in the senate.

[lpbk2713]

10. Ever notice that (R) at the end of his name?

That explains it all.

[ProSense]

11. Frist quacks, admits he lied! n/t