Assembly Bill A102

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that the director of the office of professional medical conduct shall meet with complainants to review materials to be considered in charges of misconduct

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A102 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3465
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §230, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A194, S8461
2013-2014: A6629, S2066
2015-2016: A9595, S2605
2017-2018: A2057

2011-A102 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the director of the office of professional medical conduct shall meet with complainants, when requested by the complainant, to review materials to be considered by the board for professional medical conduct when considering complaints of misconduct.

2011-A102 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   102

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. LATIMER, SPANO, J. RIVERA, GALEF -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.   WEISENBERG -- read once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Health

AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to investigations of
  professional medical conduct

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph (a) of subdivision 10 of
section 230 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 542  of  the
laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  (i) The board for professional medical conduct, by the director of the
office  of  professional medical conduct, may investigate on its own any
suspected professional misconduct, and shall investigate each  complaint
received  regardless  of  the  source.    THE  DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CONDUCT, WHEN REQUESTED  BY  A  COMPLAINANT,  SHALL
MEET  WITH  THE  COMPLAINANT TO REVIEW MATERIALS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE
BOARD IN ITS REVIEW OF SUSPECTED PROFESSIONAL  MEDICAL  MISCONDUCT.  The
director  of  the  office  of professional medical conduct shall cause a
preliminary review of every report made to the  department  pursuant  to
section  twenty-eight  hundred three-e as added by chapter eight hundred
sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty, sections  twenty-eight
hundred  five-l  and  forty-four  hundred  five-b  of  this chapter, and
section three hundred fifteen of the insurance law, to determine if such
report  reasonably  appears  to  reflect  physician  conduct  warranting
further investigation pursuant to this subparagraph.
  S  2.  Paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision 10 of section 230 of the public
health law, as amended by chapter 606 of the laws of 1991, is amended to
read as follows:
  (e) Committee hearing. The hearing shall be conducted by  a  committee
on professional conduct.  AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF SUCH COMMITTEE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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