The standardswe keep.

I. Disqualifying conditions

A practice cannot be recognized in the reserve while any of the following are true:

• — Any attending physician lacks an active, unrestricted medical license in the state where care is delivered.
• — A physician of the practice has an unresolved FDA Warning Letter, State Medical Board disciplinary action, or DEA action on record.
• — The practice materially misrepresents credentials, board certification, or the identity of its treating physicians.
• — The practice engages in the sale of therapies whose use is prohibited in its jurisdiction.
• — The practice pays third parties for aggregator placements, purchased reviews, or undisclosed affiliate arrangements.

II. Review cadence

Every recognized practice is reviewed on a rolling annual cycle, and again whenever an editor is notified of a material change — a departing physician, a regulatory action, a relocation, or a shift in the character of the practice. Recognition is not a permanent credential; it is a present-tense judgement, and it is subject to revision.

III. Corrections & updates

Factual corrections — physicians, addresses, protocols, licensure — are welcome from anyone and are made without contest once verified. The editorial characterization of a practice is the editors' own and is not adjusted at the request of the practice, its patients, or its critics.

Requests may be sent to editor@theprotocolreserve.com.

IV. Membership & judgement

A recognized practice sustains its place in the reserve through a standing membership, which underwrites continued curation and verification. Membership cannot purchase inclusion, alter the language of a profile, or move a practice past a disqualifying condition. If the standards above are no longer met, recognition ends — regardless of paid status.