2012 New York Consolidated Laws
CVP - Civil Practice Law & Rules
Article 75-A - (7550 - 7565) HEALTH CARE ARBITRATION
7559 - Hearing; evidence; record; neutral experts.

 
    § 7559. Hearing; evidence; record; neutral experts. (a) An arbitration
  hearing  shall  be  informal  and  the  rules of evidence shall be those
  applicable to arbitrations conducted pursuant to article seventy-five of
  this chapter.
    (b) Testimony at the hearing shall be taken under oath and a record of
  the proceedings shall be made by  a  recording  device.  Any  party  may
  obtain  a  copy  of  the  recording  of  the  proceeding, which shall be
  provided without charge. A party, at  that  party's  expense,  may  also
  utilize  the  services  of  a  stenographic  reporter.  The  cost of any
  transcription ordered by the panel of arbitrators for its own use  shall
  be deemed part of the cost of the proceedings.
    (c)  The panel on its own motion may call a neutral expert witness who
  shall be subject to cross-examination by the parties. The  cost  of  the
  expert will be deemed a cost of the proceeding.