2012 New York Consolidated Laws
CVP - Civil Practice Law & Rules
Article 75-A - (7550 - 7565) HEALTH CARE ARBITRATION
7552 - Health care arbitration proceedings.

 
    §  7552. Health care arbitration proceedings. (a) Proceedings pursuant
  to this article shall be commenced  and  conducted  in  accordance  with
  article  seventy-five  of  this chapter, except as otherwise provided by
  this  article,  and  in  accordance  with  rules  promulgated   by   the
  arbitration   administrator   and  approved  by  the  superintendent  of
  financial services.
    (b) The standards of duty, practice,  or  care  to  be  applied  to  a
  physician,  dentist,  hospital, health maintenance organization or other
  health care provider in the arbitration shall be the same  standards  as
  would be applied in a comparable medical or dental malpractice action.
    (c)  Damages  shall be determined in accordance with provisions of law
  applicable  to  medical  and  dental   malpractice   actions.   Attorney
  contingency  fee  agreements shall be valid and subject to provisions of
  law applicable to medical and dental malpractice actions.