BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
January 10, 1952
The meeting was called to order at 8: P.M. by Royal W. Rudolph, President. Members present were:
Royal W. Rudolph. President W.R. Hewitt
O.J. Farness, Vice President Harry Thompson
Wm. B. Steen, Secretary-Treasurer Lindsay E. Beaton
H.D. Cogswell, President Elect Donald B. Lewis
W.R. Manning, Vice-President Elect Leo J. Kent
Edward M. Hayden David E. Engle
Harold W. Kohl F.J. Lesemann
R.E. Hastings Dennis Bernstein
Minutes of the Board of Directors meeting of December 7, 1951, and of the regular meeting of the Society on December 11, 1951, were read by the Secretary. There being no additions or corrections, they were approved as read.
Report on the investigation made by the Insurance Committee was given by Dr. Max Palmer, who stated that the committee recommended that the Society place this matter in the hands of an insurance man and let him sell the Society, since the Attorney for the State Society recommends that as a Society we have nothing to do with malpractice insurance particularly, as it is not satisfactory--every member having to be taken in on this and in case of adversity the Society being required to stand behind each member. In the event, he warned, that such a Society program did not work, the members might find it difficult to obtain individual insurance again. The committee felt that Group Life and Group Health and Accident insurance is a different matter, but that its conclusion is that one gets what one pays for--insurance companies cannot sell a Cadillac for the price of Ford.
Dr. Rudolph remarked that he had been instrumental in starting this investigation because he had been approached by so many members who could not get life insurance independently, and inquired as to the wish of the Board as to further action.
It was moved by Dr. Harry Thompson that any insurance program be carried on by the insurance company and not by the Society. Motion was seconded by Dr. Hayden and carried.
Dr. Palmer added that the Insurance Committee had discovered early in its investigation that the younger men would carry the expense load for those older men who are not insurable, and that this fact might lead to trouble if the program were to be handled by the Society.
Written report of the Board of Censors on the case of N_____ vs. Lieberman was submitted by Dr. Hayden to the Board of Directors, and was read by the Secretary. It was the recommendation of the Board of Censors, or Grievance Committee, that the Board of Directors of the Pima County Medical Society request that the Secretary read their report to the Society with the request that the Society vote at its next meeting in closed session as to whether or not disciplinary action should be taken against Dr. Lieberman, and it further recommend that Dr. Lieberman's membership in the Society be suspended for a period of two years, after which time he may re-apply for membership as a new member, subject to investigation as to behavior during this two year period of suspension.
