Military Doctors’ Standards Studied

Not all military doctors are required to meet the same standards as their civilian counterparts, despite the efforts of Congress and the Defense Department, a new study says. “We’re troubled by it,” John F. Mazzuchi, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for clinical services, told the Dayton Daily News. As many as a dozen states have set up special licensing procedures for military doctors that free them from meeting all the requirements demanded of civilian doctors, the newspaper said. Military doctors usually cannot be sued by their patients, are not required to have malpractice insurance and do not have to be licensed in the states where they practice, the newspaper said.