Report card: How part_no protects patients from sexually abusive doctors

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State report card

The report card for each state contains the scores it received when we evaluated it for how well it protects patients against sexually abusive doctors. The overall rating is the average of the score the state received in each category. In states with two medical boards, one for osteopathic physicians and the other for medical doctors, the overall rating is based on an average of each board’s scores.

Click on the boxes below to read how part_no did on each category — and how we calculated the score for the categories.

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State rating (out of 100)

Transparency: NaN
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- Are all orders posted?: NaN of 20
  
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- Do orders or other information online detail violations that led to sanctions?: NaN of 20
  
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- Does doctor profile information include hospital sanctions, criminal charges and orders from other states?: NaN of 20
  
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- Is it easy to find all doctor information on the website?: NaN of 20
  
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- Can boards issue private orders or letters?: NaN of 20
  
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Duty-to-report laws: NaN
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- Which health care facilities must report doctors to medical regulators?: NaN of 20
  
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- Does the law set a deadline for them to notify regulators?: NaN of 20
  
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- Does the law establish penalties for failure to comply?: NaN of 20
  
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- Are physicians required to report peers?: NaN of 20
  
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- Are courts or prosecutors required to notify regulators of physicians’ criminal convictions?: NaN of 20
  
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Board composition: NaN
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- Is the public well represented?: NaN of 50
  
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- Are public members independent and do they represent consumers?: NaN of 25
  
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- Are women well represented on the board?: NaN of 25
  
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Criminal acts: NaN
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- Are physicians required to undergo criminal background checks?: NaN of 40
  
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- Is board required by law to notify law enforcement?: NaN of 20
  
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- Has the state criminalized sexual misconduct involving doctors and patients?: NaN of 40
  
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- Does state law require revocation for some violations? Can revocation be permanent?: NaN of 25
  
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- Do medical regulators have the legal right to hospital peer review records and proceedings?: NaN of 25
  
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- Does state law mandate that regulators deny licenses to physician applicants who have committed certain violations?: NaN of 25
  
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- What is the standard of proof for regulators to impose disciplinary sanctions?: NaN of 25
  
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