The Medical Advisory Board has promulgated thirty-seven (37) protocols and standards of treatment since the Board's inception. The protocols were not designed as "cookbooks" of care, rather the protocols outline options of appropriate methods and types of intervention from which physicians and other providers are to choose. Although primarily geared toward the entry level physician, i.e., the first treating physician, these protocols offer important information for all physicians and health care providers. Upon drafting and review by the Medical Advisory Board, each protocol is put in final form. Each protocol is then brought to a public hearing for full discussion, final revisions, and promulgation.