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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING THE RHODE ISLAND MEDICAL SOCIETY

     Introduced By: Senators Paiva Weed, Ruggerio, Goodwin, Perry, and Ottiano

     Date Introduced: March 08, 2012

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island General Assembly voted a Charter for the Rhode Island

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Medical Society on February 25, 1812; and

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     WHEREAS, The rationale for the original Charter, namely that “the medical art is

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important to the health and happiness of society” and that “medical societies have been found

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conducive to this end,” has proven abundantly valid for two hundred years; and

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     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Medical Society is by far the oldest and therefore most

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venerable professional association in Rhode Island; and

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     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Medical Society is the eighth oldest state medical society

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in the nation; and

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     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Medical Society has repeatedly distinguished itself as a

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leader, educator, and purveyor of useful information for the public and the medical profession in

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this state; and

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     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Medical Society led the nation in welcoming women and

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racial minorities as colleagues in medical society membership and in overcoming racial

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discrimination within national medical societies; and

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     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Medical Society has been a pioneer in analyzing vital

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statistics, advancing sanitation, improving public health and safety, conducting ambitious

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vaccination campaigns, and promoting enlightened public policy in the field of health; and

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     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Medical Society has itself been a founder of important

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organizations, including the U.S. Pharmacopeia, the American Medical Association, Rhode

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Island Hospital, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Quality Partners

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(renamed Health Centric Advisors in 2011), among others; and

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     WHEREAS, In times of war and other national and local emergencies, the Rhode Island

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Medical Society and its members have rendered extraordinary service to Rhode Island and the

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nation; and

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     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Medical Society today and in the future has an

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indispensable role to play in helping Rhode Island meet the daunting and complex challenges of

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ensuring access for all Rhode Islanders to the highest quality care at sustainable costs; now,

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therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby salutes and congratulates the Rhode Island Medical Society upon its Bicentennial, and

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hereby bears witness to the gratitude of all Rhode Islanders as the Society enters its third century

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of faithful adherence to its sacred mission of health and healing; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Rhode Island Medical Society.

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