Senate Bill S2066

2013-2014 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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2013-S2066 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6629
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §230, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S8461, A194
2011-2012: S3465, A102
2015-2016: S2605, A9595
2017-2018: A2057

2013-S2066 (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.

2013-S2066 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2066 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2066

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 10, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed 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
SHALL BE NON-MEDICAL PERSONNEL. The members  of  the  hearing  committee
shall  be  appointed by the chairperson of the board who shall designate

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06262-01-3
              

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