Bill Text: MA H1388 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Regulate the testimony of expert witnesses in medical malpractice court cases
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 1/28 at 1:00 PM in Hearing Room A1 [H1388 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1388-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
William C. Galvin
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to expert witnesses in actions for medical malpractice.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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William C. Galvin |
6th Norfolk |
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Cleon H. Turner |
1st Barnstable |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to expert witnesses in actions for medical
malpractice.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 231 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding after section 60J, the following new section:
Section 60K. In any action for malpractice, negligence, error, omission, mistake or the unauthorized rendering of professional services against a provider of health licensed pursuant to section 2 of Chapter 112, including actions pursuant to section 60B of this Chapter, any expert witness shall be board certified in the same specialty as the defendant physician as licensed pursuant to section 2 of Chapter 112.
Section 2. Section 5 of Chapter 112 as appearing in the 2006 official edition is hereby amended on line 140 after the word “occasions”, the following: For purposes of this subsection, the offering of expert testimony in any action for malpractice, negligence, error, omission, mistake or unauthorized rendering of professional services against a physician licensed pursuant to section 2 of Chapter 112 of the general laws, shall constitute the practice of medicine.
