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Resolutions Results

FINAL RESOLUTIONS

RESOLUTION I

TITLE : Proposed Change to CSNS Rules & Regulations:

Allowing Appointees to be Officers

ACTION: Adopted Amended Resolution

BE IT RESOLVED, that the current Rules and Regulations be amended to allow CNS and/or AANS appointees who are members in good standing of their state society be elected to officer positions within the CSNS; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the changes required in the CSNS Rules and Regulations needed for the implementation of those elections be referred to the Executive Committee of the CSNS for development.

RESOLUTION II

TITLE: Hospital Coverage of Medical Professional Liability Insurance in Exchange for Emergency Room Services

ACTION: Referred to Medical Legal Committee

BE IT RESOLVED, that the AANS, CNS, and CSNS present a position statement to hospitals encouraging them to provide medical professional liability insurance coverage in exchange for neurosurgical ER coverage services.

RESOLUTION III

TITLE: Survey to Assess the Effects of the Current Medical Liability Crisis on Providing Neurosurgical Care

ACTION: Not Adopted

BE IT RESOLVED, that a national survey be conducted and facilitated through our parent organizations to gauge the impact that the current malpractice crisis has on providing neurosurgical care.

RESOLUTION IV

TITLE: Supporting Increased Organ Donation

ACTION: Not Adopted

BE IT RESOLVED, that the CSNS endorses the goals and methodology of LifeSharers; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the CSNS requests that the AANS and CNS include a summary of the LifeSharers in their newsletters in order to facilitate dissemination of this program amongst their memberships.

RESOLUTION V

TITLE: Motorcycle Helmets

ACTION: Adopted Substitute Resolution

BE IT RESOLVED , that the CSNS recommends that the AANS, CNS, and state societies reaffirm the importance of injury prevention programs including the support of mandatory helmet laws for motorcycle riders throughout the United States.

RESOLUTION VI

TITLE: Statement on the Ethics of Non-Participation in Medicare

ACTION: Not adopted

BE IT RESOLVED, that the CSNS issue a statement that it is ethical for individual neurosurgeons to refuse participation in Medicare.

RESOLUTION VII

TITLE: State Society Listings in the E-Bulletin Calendar

ACTION: Adopted Amended Resolution

BE IT RESOLVED, that the CSNS recommend that the AANS e-blast shall include a link to the calendar of events on the AANS website and that the calendar of events will include submissions by state and regional neurosurgical societies, regardless of whether or not the events are AANS co-sponsored.