- A healthcare professional affiliated with AEPROMO, who had been investigated by a Spanish medical association for practicing ozone therapy, has been exonerated.
- No sanction was applied to the professional because the therapy is used, among other areas, in traumatology and pain management in numerous Spanish public and private hospitals.
- The resolution states that the Madrid Medical Association (similar to a State Medical Board of the USA) endorses ozone therapy.
- It notes that the Community of Madrid “authorizes the application of ozone therapy by medical personnel.”
- This favorable decision contradicts the position of the OMC (Collegiate Medical Organization, similar to the Federation of States Medical Boards of the USA), which classifies ozone therapy as a pseudotherapy.
- AEPROMO actively collaborated throughout the year-long process the process lasted, in the defense of the accused professional, providing an extensive, well-documented, and substantiated scientific, medical, and legal document.
The Spanish Official College of Physicians of Alicante (Valencian Community. Similar to a State Medical Board of the USA) initiated disciplinary proceedings against an AEPROMO member (January 29, 2025) for “guaranteeing the efficacy of techniques or procedures not validated by recognized scientific or professional entities; and using scientifically uncontrolled means for the treatment of patients (…) in relation to the following procedures or therapies: ozone therapy…”
The professional under investigation, who had to hire a lawyer on-site, requested the association’s assistance. AEPROMO (March 12, 2025) sent him a detailed and well-founded scientific-legal defense document.
Subsequently, the prosecution acknowledged that the accused had “provided extensive documentation on the use of ozone therapy in hospitals within the Spanish public system and the private sector, as well as extensive documentation on the scientific evidence supporting said use. However, it added that the Spanish Medical Association (OMC, which by law groups all Spanish medical professional associations, to which physicians are required to be registered; similar to the Federation of States Medical Boards of the USA) considers ozone therapy as a pseudotherapy, given that there is no credible scientific evidence to support the use of ozone as a type of medical therapy.” [https://www.cgcom.es/observatorios/oppiss]
The “evaluation of evidence” in the resolution notes “the widespread use of ozone therapy, not only in specialties such as traumatology, but also in other fields, including pain management, both in private hospitals and in numerous public hospitals [in Spain].” [https://aepromo.org/en/more-spanish-public-hospitals-use-ozone-therapy/]
It indicates that the Madrid Official College of Physicians “endorses ozone therapy as a complementary treatment for cancer and other pathologies” [https://aepromo.org/en/resounding-victory-of-aepromo-and-its-president-in-favor-of-ozone-therapy/]; and the Madrid Regional Ministry of Health “authorizes the application of ozone therapy by medical personnel.” [https://aepromo.org/en/ – Access members area – Legislation]
“In this context, a more than reasonable doubt arises regarding the belief in its usefulness and validity among medical professionals who use this therapy. Consequently, and despite the pronouncement of the OMC [Spanish Medical Association], it cannot be affirmed that such practices constitute conduct deontologically deserving of sanction.”
In the sanctioning section of the resolution, the board of directors of the Official College of Physicians unanimously decided, with respect to ozone therapy, that “it is not concluded that its practice warrants deontological censure.”
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