Relates to professional misconduct of medical professionals involving felonies committed in the course of the licensee's medical practice; provides for license revocation.
Requires notification of misconduct by medical professionals; requires medical professionals to notify the department of health within 10 days of being charged with a crime; includes verbal, written, or physical behavior of a sexual nature in the practice of medicine that has no legitimate medical purpose and/or that exploits the current or former practitioner-patient relationship in a sexual way in the definition of professional misconduct.
Enacts the interstate medical licensure compact; provides a streamlined pathway for medical professionals who are licensed in multiple states to obtain medical licensure in New York.
Grants access to patient or client records for the Board of Professional Medical Conduct for the purpose of investigation and prosecution of professional licensing and misconduct proceedings.
Authorizes certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state.
Authorizes certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state.
Authorizes certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state.
Strengthens protections for patients regarding sexual misconduct by medical providers; requires medical expert consultants involved in investigations disclose conflicts of interest and to not be under investigation, on warning, or on probation; requires a zero-tolerance policy to be adopted and training to be provided on sexual misconduct by the board for professional misconduct; includes provisions related to the right to have a chaperone; includes sexual misconduct in the definition of professional misconduct.
Strengthens protections for patients regarding sexual misconduct by medical providers; requires medical expert consultants involved in investigations disclose conflicts of interest and to not be under investigation, on warning, or on probation; requires a zero-tolerance policy to be adopted and training to be provided on sexual misconduct by the board for professional misconduct; includes provisions related to the right to have a chaperone; includes sexual misconduct in the definition of professional misconduct.
Requires Medicare and Medicaid managed care providers to provide coverage for certain out-of-network health care when the patient has a long term relationship with a medical professional who is not a recurring provider under the managed care provider's network.