Guidelines of Conduct

Each physician certified by the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (ABIME) is expected to comply with these guidelines of conduct.Accordingly, each physician should:

1. Be honest in all communications;
2. Respect the rights of the examinee and other participants, and treat these individuals with dignity and respect;
3. At the examination:
   
   1. Introduce him/herself to the examinee as the examining physician;
   2. Advise the examinee they are seeing him/her for an independent medical examination, and the information provided will be used in assessment and presented in a report;
   3. Provide the examinee with the name of the party requesting the examination;
   4. Advise the examinee that no treating physician-patient relationship will be established;
   5. Explain the examination process;
   6. Provide adequate draping and privacy if the examinee needs to remove clothing for the examination;
   7. Refrain from derogatory comments; and
   8. Close the examination by telling the examinee that the examination is over and ask if there is further information the examinee would like to add;
4. Reach conclusions that are based on facts and sound medical knowledge, and for which the independent medical examiner has adequate qualifications to address;
5. Be prepared to address conflict in a professional and constructive manner;
6. Never accept a fee for services which is dependent upon writing a report favorable to the referral service;
7. And maintain confidentiality consistent with the applicable legal jurisdiction.

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Phone: 304-733-0095 or 304-733-0096 or Fax: 304-733-5243

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