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Aug 02, 2010 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S8461
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S8461 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S8461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8461 I N S E N A T E August 2, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules 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 the committee chairperson. In addition to said committee members, the commissioner shall designate an administrative officer, admitted to practice as an attorney in the state of New York, who shall have the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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