[SCA-BMDL] Fwd: [Announcements] Announcement Regarding the Society Chirurgeonate / Request for Comments

[Krista Cogan]

Please read below. You may send your comments to comments at lists.sca.org.
~Hilda, Seneschale

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> Subject: [Announcements] Announcement Regarding the Society Chirurgeonate /
> Request for Comments
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> 
>  *Announcement Regarding the Society Chirurgeonate Request for Comments*
> 
> 
> 
> The SCA Board of Directors seeks commentary on a proposal to eliminate the
> official Office of the Chirurgeonate, and the associated changes to Corpora
> necessary to accomplish this action.
> 
> 
> 
> The Office of the Society Chirurgeon has been providing exemplary service
> to the Society since 1986. The Society and Board of Directors are
> tremendously grateful for the sterling service the Office of the Society
> Chirurgeon has provided over the years, and hope to continue to allow
> licensed first aid providers to provide such service, while needing to take
> into account the realities of the climate in which the SCA currently
> operates.
> 
> 
> 
> The Board of Directors has been advised by its outside counsel, as well as
> by its insurance company, that having officers of the Corporation acting as
> emergency services providers and warranting them as official Chirurgeons
> represents an unacceptable assumption of liability by the Corporation for
> the actions of these individuals. The SCA can allow individual medical
> professionals to provide emergency care under their own licenses and the
> various Good Samaritan laws. Such services can also be provided by
> professional emergency services organizations and companies that provide
> such services. However, having corporate officers and warranted officials
> do so represents an unacceptable risk according to both our outside counsel
> and our insurance company.
> 
> 
> 
> Acting upon the recommendations of our professional advisors, the Board of
> Directors of the SCA, Inc. seeks commentary regarding a proposal to
> eliminate the Office of the Society Chirurgeon, the Kingdom and local
> Chirurgeons, and all associated Deputies and warranted Chirurgeons as of a
> future date. All Society Chirurgeonate activities and warrants of office
> would cease at that time. Any emergency services at SCA activities would
> thereafter only be performed by Good Samaritans under their own licenses,
> or by professionals or professional organizations specifically hired or
> called by event staff to provide such services.
> 
> 
> 
> Individuals with appropriate emergency care related licenses or those
> acting under the general Good Samaritan laws that might be applicable are,
> of course, free to provide emergency care at SCA activities under the terms
> of their licenses and applicable state and local laws. However, they would
> be doing so as volunteers and would not be warranted by the SCA nor hold an
> SCA office related to the provision of emergency care services. Similarly,
> professional emergency care organizations (e.g., municipal, non-profit or
> for-profit ambulance providers) that are not affiliated with or part of the
> SCA or any SCA organization, might provide emergency care services at SCA
> events (particularly larger SCA wars) through arranged voluntary or
> for-hire agreements with event staff. Licensed individuals would still be
> able to provide significant service to their local groups, Kingdoms, and
> the Society by offering to provide any emergency services under their own
> licenses (and would thus be worthy of any and all appropriate awards) — but
> would no longer be providing such services through an official Society
> Chirurgeonate.
> 
> 
> 
> The SCA would no longer maintain an Office of the Society Chirurgeon,
> Kingdom or local Chirurgeons, or warrant any Chirurgeons or Chirurgeonate
> activity. However, individuals are still encouraged to meet and pursue any
> and all SCA-related interests on their own. People are, of course, free to
> pursue and provide emergency care at SCA activities as licensed medical
> practitioners under the licensing laws of their state or any Good Samaritan
> laws that might be applicable. Any such unofficial organizations,
> communications, or provision of emergency care related services would not
> be sponsored or overseen by the SCA, Inc. or any of its groups.
> 
> 
> 
> The SCA would no longer have Corporate, Kingdom, or local Chirurgeon
> officers or warranted Chirurgeons, so any and all class material taught on
> any related subjects would be developed and provided by SCA members
> individually and based on their own accreditation, licenses, and
> experience. Because
> the SCA, Inc., does not endorse or supply the content of any classes taught
> at SCA activities (other than those being taught by Officers in support of
> their Office), individual members are free to teach classes on any material
> that might be related to unofficial first aid activities, but would be
> doing so strictly as individuals with no official sanction or involvement
> of SCA, Inc. As individuals, such service could also be considered worthy
> of any and all appropriate awards, although there would be no relationship
> to an official Society Chirurgeonate.
> 
> 
> 
> The Board of Directors seeks comments on the matter through 03/18/2014,
> which can be directed to comments at sca.org. Additionally, we invite all
> those interested to send their comments to the Society Chirurgeon (
> chirurgeon at sca.org). The Board of Directors invites the populace to take
> advantage of the range of our communication outlets -- including email
> lists, social media venues, and public meetings -- to discuss the issue,
> but would simply like to remind everybody that courtesy and the presumption
> of honor are core values of the Society, and apply equally in on line
> venues as they do at SCA events. Additionally, the Board of Directors will
> be holding a public meeting at Gulf Wars, where these interested in
> discussing this issue are welcome to hear what the Board has to say and
> share their feedback.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Comments are strongly encouraged and can be sent to:
> SCA Inc.
> Box 360789
> Milpitas,  CA 95036
> 
> You may also email comments at lists.sca.org.
> 
> This announcement is an official informational release by the Society for
> Creative Anachronism , Inc.  Permission is granted to reproduce this
> announcement in its entirety in newsletters, websites and electronic
> mailing lists.
> 
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