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Long-Term Care Facilities, Criteria for Medical Directors


The American Academy of Family Physicians supports the continued requirement of a physician (M.D./D.O.) medical director in every long-term care facility. The AAFP believes that the family physician is ideally suited to serve as a medical director. (1984) (March Board 2008)