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Committee denies distant collaboration request for hormone‑therapy clinic; cites training, distance and emergency coverage concerns
Summary
Physicians proposing a collaborative supervisory arrangement to support a nurse practitioner 140–200 miles away were denied by the executive committee, which cited concerns about adherence to board rules, proctoring and emergency backup for minor surgical procedures.
Dr. Josh Griffin and Dr. Clifton Scott appeared by Zoom to request approval to collaborate with nurse practitioner Miss Davis to provide hormone‑therapy services (including subcutaneous hormone‑pellet insertion) at a clinic in Madison County that the physicians said lacked close local oversight.
The physicians, who said they operate clinics in Oxford and Starkville and supervise several nurse practitioners, described a training and proctoring plan that would bring the nurse practitioner to their offices for multi‑day, hands‑on observation and then have the physicians proctor the first 10 procedures at the local site. Dr. Griffin said the team uses subcutaneous pellets and that ‘‘we've…
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