Just 4 paragraphs. Should take 30 min. Here’s a simple template:
DOJ ADA Complaint Letter Template
PARAGRAPH 1 (3 sentences)
My name is _________. I’m a (specialist) in (state). I believe I’ve suffered Title II ADA violation(s) by (state board).
Example: My name is Emma Powers, M.D. I’m a cardiologist in Alabama. I believe I’ve suffered Title II ADA violations by the Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners.
PARAGRAPH 2 (1-5 sentences)
Detail specific med board question violation and, if possible, include actual wording of your board’s question(s). If you don’t have access to your states’ application, reference questions here.
Example: The Alabama medical licensing application asks, “Have you received any therapy or treatment for alcohol or drug use, sexual boundary issues or mental health issues?
PARAGRAPH 3 (2-5 sentences)
Whether you answered YES or NO to board questions, explain impact of harms you’ve experienced as a result.
YES Example:
Because I answered YES to this question, my license was delayed by six months, and I was forced to undergo an evaluation by an “approved” (and expensive!) psychiatrist. It had been twenty years since I sought treatment for anxiety, yet they still ordered me to endure an embarrassing assessment. I have never had sexual boundary issues, nor have I abused substances–why is anxiety categorized with these?NO Example:
I answered NO to this question for fear of the potential repercussions of answering honestly. Ironically, the guilt of lying, coupled with my fear of being “caught” caused me so much suffering that I wish I had answered honestly. I feel like a criminal–and the crime was not divulging that I have fully recovered from the anxiety of my teen years.
NOTE: I answered NO. I didn’t think I was harmed, yet here’s my letter.
LAST PARAGRAPH (2-4 sentences)
State CTA (call to action) you wish DOJ attorneys take after reading letter. Read DOJ demand letter with official CTA from 3 US senators.
Example: I implore the DOJ to investigate the widespread medical licensing board violations of Title II, so physicians can get the mental health care they deserve. Given our US physician shortage, we can’t allow boards to harm doctors. When physicians would rather die by suicide than get mental health care–it’s clear something is very broken.
NOTE: Aim for < 500 words. Provide more info upon DOJ request by including one last sentence: “For more information, please contact me.” At very end carbon copy (cc) the letter to Senators Ron Wyden, Jeffrey Merkley, Cory Booker.
CAUTION: If letter contains Protected Health Information (PHI) you do not wish to have disclosed, either exclude PHI from letter, or (if needed for complaint) demarcate PHI section with [brackets] and redaction instructions.
ATTN: My complaint contains [PHI demarcated in brackets]. Please treat with utmost confidentiality in case of internal disclosure. If subject to public FOIA release, please redact [bracketed PHI].
PLEASE MAIL by USPS priority to DOJ (and all 3 senators):
1) U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C.
20530-0001
2) Senator Ron Wyden
United States Senate
221 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
3) Senator Jeffrey Merkley
United States Senate
531 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
4) Senator Cory Booker
United States Senate
717 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
I recommend you also submit online to: DOJ, and Senators Ron Wyden, Jeffrey Merkley, Cory Booker.
Thank you for helping end violations to physicians’ rights by medical boards and punitive physician health programs.
Could you send me the Zoom link for the PHP meeting for tonight? And how to pay?
And how to get lessons from you for health coaching? Thanks!
Hey Trevor. Click here to join our MLB-PHP confidential group. Then I will email you the Zoom link.
Can you send me the link to click on again? I put my new UK address in for the billing address and it won’t accept my credit card as a result….and I can’t erase it and start over!!!
Try with another browser or you can email me your cc info and I can try for you though we are starting in 12 minutes.
The Mississippi State Board of Licensure asked for years in the same sentence, “Have you ever been convicted of a felony or treated for a mental illness?” Their PHP has been run in success by two men who each continued to insist others undergo months of prohibitively expensive treatment that they admit never worked for them, both having relapsed multiple times.
Oh and did you see what Mississippi is doing here: https://www.idealmedicalcare.org/why-doctors-dont-get-mental-health-care/
Infuriating!
Hi Pam
It would be interesting to know AG Garland’s response – if any – to the letter penned by Senators Wyrick, Merkley, and Booker. Regretfully – and respectfully – I am less than optimistic for a supportive position from the Attorney General based on the institutional capture we all witnessed and experienced during the COVID plandemic. Furthermore, as the WHO continues to push forward it’s various agendas it is abundantly clear healthcare – and the control thereof – will continue to be a high priority. PHP programs are little more than a regulatory cudgel for licensing boards to keep the rank and file in order.
Step 1. Victims must submit complaints to relevant agencies (docs to DOJ for instance) and actually speak up for the rights. If victims are unwilling or unable to submit complaints or even speak clearly about the assaults to their humanity (and federal rights violations) nothing changes. Except more rights violations.
When the people lead the leaders will follow. When the sheeple follow the leaders will do just about anything they want.