Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 30, 2018 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to health |
Jan 17, 2017 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A2057
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MAYER
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- 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
2017-A2057 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A2057 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2057 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 17, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAYER -- 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 11 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: (i) (A) 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. By the conclusion of a preliminary review, including an internal clinical review, the director shall determine if a report is based solely upon the recommendation or provision of a treatment modality by a licensee that is not universally accepted by the medical profession, including but not limited to varying modalities used in the treatment of Lyme disease or other tick-borne diseases. Upon a determination by the direc- tor that a report is based solely upon the provision of a treatment modality that is not universally accepted, no further review shall be conducted and no charges shall be brought. Nothing in this section shall preclude the director from making such a determination earlier in, or subsequent to, a preliminary review. (B) 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 nine- teen hundred eighty, sections twenty-eight hundred five-l and forty-four EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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