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Legislative | NEWS• Increase the Tobacco Excise Tax• Provide Adequate State Funding forCessation Education Programs• Protect County Clean Indoor Air PoliciesCombating Poor Oral HealthPOSITION: The WVSMA supports efforts to makepolicy changes which foster improved oral health forWest Virginia’s children and families.ISSUE: Regrettably, West Virginia leads the nation inthe percentage of our citizens with tooth loss and decay.By the time of high school graduation, over 80 percentof West Virginia youth have had dental decay; over 60percent have had dental decay by age 8 and over 30percent of West Virginia children suffer from untreateddecay. Strikingly, over 45 percent of West Virginia adults,aged 65 and older, have lost all their natural teeth.Dental disease is the single most prevalent chronicchildhood disease and correlates directly to otherhealth concerns. With today’s tools and technologies,oral disease is almost 100% preventable and is costeffective with the potential to save millions of dollars.Poor oral health can contribute to a lifetime of overallpoor health including diabetes and heart disease.The WVSMA supports the followingrecommendations to address poor oral health:• Encourage school aged children to havedental exams at appropriate intervals.• Prohibit sale of sugary snacksand beverages in schools.• Address the use of smokeless tobaccoamong our youth through increasingthe tobacco tax and increasing countermarketing and cessation programs.Strengthening and Preserving our Safety lawsPOSITION: The WVSMA strongly supportsstrengthening West Virginia’s All-Terrain Vehiclesafety law and maintaining the motorcycle helmet lawfor operators and riders of all ages.ISSUE: Though the Legislature passed All-TerrainVehicle (ATV) Child Safety law in 2004, much moreneeds to be done to protect the health and safety ofour citizens. While the West Virginia State Legislaturehas made great strides toward ATV safety, muchmore is still needed to improve such safety laws.• Removing non road-worthy vehiclesfrom our public roadways.• Expanding the mandatory helmetlaw to cover all persons of age.• Strengthening the requirement for ATV safetyinstruction to require hands-on safety courses• Prohibiting passengers with theexception of machines that manufacturershave designed for passengers.Another important safety issue is that of preservingthe motorcycle helmet law. In recent years, efforts havebeen made by various groups to repeal our criticallyimportant motorcycle helmet law. Such an action by theLegislature would be highly irresponsible. Helmets arethe best evaluated way to reduce motorcycle accidentdeaths and injuries. The WVSMA strongly supports theretention of our State’s current mandated helmet uselaw for all motorcycle operators and riders of all ages.Pictured from left to right: EvanH. Jenkins, Senator, CabellCounty and Executive Director,WVSMA, MaryAnn N. Cater,DO and 2011-2012 WVSMAPresident, Ron Stollings, MD,Senator, Boone County, andDaniel Foster, MD, Senator,Kanawha County.46 West Virginia Medical Journal
Legislative | News Continued2012Certified Medical OfficeManager Class (CMOM)Thursday, April 26 & Friday, April 27 and Thursday, May 3 & Friday, May 4, 2012Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Place: St. Marys Medical Center, Huntington, WV (Participants must attend all 4 days.)Participant InformationRegistrant:________________________________________________________ E-mail:__________________________________Practice Name:______________________________________________________________________________________________Street Address:______________________________________________________________________________________________City:___________________________________________________________ State:________________ Zip:_____________________Phone:______________________________________________ Fax:____________________________________________________Program Fee/Discount Policies:Registration Fee: $999 WVSMA members & PMI Certified Professionals: $899 (Includes instructional materials and exam fee.)Payment Method:q American Express q MasterCard q Visa q Discover q Check EnclosedPayable to:West Virginia State Medical AssociationCard No:_ ____________________________________________ Expiration Date: ____________V Code:_______________________(Three digit number on the back of your credit card.)Name As It Appears On Card:_____________________________________ Email address:_________________________________Confirmation will be sent by email.Signature:__________________________________________________________________________________________________Registration Methods:Mail registration form to: Karie Sharp • West Virginia State Medical Association • PO Box 4106, Charleston, WV 25364Fax registration form to: Karie Sharp • (304) 925-0345 Charge by phone: Karie Sharp • (304) 925-0342, ext. 12E-mail: karie@wvsma.comPresented through an exclusive partnership between:March/April 2012 | Vol. 108 47
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