Policy Committee Meeting 9_28_2023

Clinical Issues Committee Development

o CIC committee approves draft as written. 2. Once statement draft is approved by Clinical Issues Committee  • Draft sent to Executive Committee of the Executive Council (ECEC) for review and comment . o ECEC (and reviewing committee, if utilized) may approve statement draft as written o ECEC may determine draft needs to be sent to another committee for simultaneous review and comment. o ECEC and/or reviewing committee may have recommendations, and draft is sent back to CIC Chair to address recommended edits.  The above steps may occur multiple times until final draft is approved by ECEC and reviewing committee. 3. Once approval is obtained from the ECEC  • Draft is sent to the EC for review and comments. o EC (and reviewing committee, if utilized) may approve statement as written. o If relevant (and not done previously), EC may determine draft needs to be sent to another committee for simultaneous review and comment. o If EC and/or reviewing committee has recommendations, then draft is sent back to CIC Chair to incorporate recommended edits.  The above steps may occur multiple times until final draft is approved by EC and reviewing committee. o If advised by EC: Draft is sent to ASMBS legal advisor for comment. o Draft is then sent back to CIC Chair to incorporate legal advisor’s recommendations. 4. Once approval is obtained from the EC  • Statement goes out to the entire ASMBS Membership for comment via email by the ASMBS Communications Manager. Membership is given two weeks to comment. All member comments are collected by the CIC Staff Liaison during this 2-week period. • After close of member comments, CIC Staff Liaison sends member comments back to CIC Chair and lead author for review of member comments and incorporating of appropriate edits. Track Changes MUST be used . 6. Once membership comments have been incorporated 

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