Bill Text: AZ HB2465 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Medical malpractice attorney; certification; training

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-24 - Referred to House JUD Committee [HB2465 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2013-HB2465-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: medical malpractice attorney; certification; training

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

HB 2465

 

Introduced by

Representatives Thorpe, Stevens: Livingston, Townsend, Senator Crandell

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 12, chapter 5.1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 12-567; relating to health care actions.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 12, chapter 5.1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 12-567, to read:

START_STATUTE12-567.  Required certification for medical malpractice actions; supreme court training and certification

A.  An attorney shall not file a medical malpractice action pursuant to this chapter unless the supreme court certifies the attorney as a medical malpractice attorney.  A judge shall not make a substantive ruling in a medical malpractice action unless the supreme court certifies the judge as a medical malpractice attorney.

B.  The supreme court shall establish a medical malpractice training and certification program for attorneys.  The training shall include the courses of study that the supreme court deems necessary or desirable. END_STATUTE