Jill Silverman, MSPH, with the Institute for Medical Quality, and The Honorable Steven Adler, JD, Administrative Law Judge, State of California, moderate a group workshop focusing on individual versus societal rights. One group will take the point of view that treating the aging physician in any way different from the younger physician is ageism. The second group represents the point of view that patient safety is the highest priority and since age brings a higher prevalence of disease and impairment we must assess and screen physicians. (#23284)