California Legislature Passes Historic Tobacco Controls to Save Lives, Protect Kids The California Legislature approved two groundbreaking tobacco regulation bills that will save the lives of thousands of Californians: classifying e-cigarettes as tobacco products and raising the tobacco purchasing age to 21. March 3, 2016 Advocacy, News, Public Health Mark Leno, SB 5X2, e-cigarettes, Save Lives California, SB 7X2, Tobacco 21 0 0 Comment Read More »
San Francisco Raises Tobacco Buying Age to 21 SF Board of Supervisors unanimously approve SFMS-endorsed Tobacco 21 ordinance to raise tobacco buying age to 21. March 1, 2016 Advocacy, News SFMS advocacy, Tobacco 21 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Endorses San Francisco's Tobacco 21 Ordinance The San Francisco Medical Society strongly endorses Supervisor Scott Wiener's proposal to ban the sale of tobacco products to anyone aged 18 to 20, effectively raising the legal age to 21 (amending Health Code Sec.19H.14-1). February 22, 2016 Advocacy Supervisor Scott Wiener, Tobacco 21 0 0 Comment Read More »
New Health Laws 2016 Affecting California Physicians SFMS in partnership with the Cooperative of American Physicians have compiled a list of the most important bills pertaining to the practice of medicine and/or impacting physicians in 2016. December 15, 2015 Advocacy, News, Physician Resource, Politics and Medicine AB X2-15, SB 277, 2016 laws, AB 637, AB 679, SB 299 0 0 Comment Read More »
What Physicians Need to Know about the New EHR Regulations CMS released more than 1,300 pages of new regulations in October 2015 outlining requirements for the electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program, with several changes applying this year. SFMS has gathered some of the most important changes that will affect your practice. November 9, 2015 Advocacy, EHR, Physician Resource Break the Red Tape, EHR, Meaningful Use 0 0 Comment Read More »
