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Assembly Bill A974

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires physicians subject to proceedings for medical misconduct or actions for medical malpractice to include information regarding such proceedings and actions on advertisements

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2019-A974 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §230-e, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7051
2015-2016: A4618
2017-2018: A4125

2019-A974 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires physicians subject to proceedings for medical misconduct or actions for medical malpractice to include information regarding such proceedings and actions on advertisements.

2019-A974 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    974
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. SIMOTAS, RIVERA, L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to advertisements  by
   physicians  subject  to proceedings for medical misconduct and actions
   for medical malpractice

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 230-e to read as follows:
   § 230-E. DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AND MEDICAL MALPRACTICE;  ADVERTISE-
 MENTS.  1.  ANY  PERSON WHO HOLDS A LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN THIS
 STATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW
 WHO  EITHER  (A) WAS THE SUBJECT OF A PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED THIRTY OF THIS TITLE THAT RESULTED IN THE REVOCATION, SURRENDER,
 SUSPENSION OR LIMITATION OF SUCH LICENSE; OR (B) RECEIVED A  VERDICT  OF
 GUILTY  OR  ENTERED INTO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN AN ACTION FOR MEDICAL
 MALPRACTICE; SHALL INCLUDE WITHIN ANY ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF
 MEDICAL SERVICES BY SUCH PERSON, A STATEMENT REGARDING SUCH  REVOCATION,
 SURRENDER, SUSPENSION OR LIMITATION OF SUCH LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE
 OR  THE  VERDICT  OF  GUILTY  OR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN SUCH ACTION FOR
 MEDICAL MALPRACTICE.
   2. THE STATEMENT REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL
 APPLY  TO  ANY  FORM  OR MEDIUM OF PRINT, AUDIO OR VISUAL ADVERTISEMENT.
 SUCH STATEMENT SHALL BE CONSPICUOUS AND MADE IN A MANNER AND FORM TO  BE
 DETERMINED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER AND SHALL BE INCLUDED IN ANY ADVERTISE-
 MENTS FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE  YEARS  FROM  THE  DATE  OF  THE  REVOCATION,
 SURRENDER,  SUSPENSION OR LIMITATION OF THE LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE
 OR THE DATE OF THE VERDICT OF  GUILTY  OR  SETTLEMENT  AGREEMENT  IN  AN
 ACTION FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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