Enacts the "patient privacy protection act"; prohibits ex-parte interviews of other party's treating physicians or health care providers in personal injury, medical, dental, or podiatric malpractice, or wrongful death actions.
Evidence of Damages to Prove Medical Expenses in Personal Injury or Wrongful Death Actions:
Admissible Evidence in Personal Injury or Wrongful Death Actions
Evidence of Damages to Prove Medical Expenses in Personal Injury or Wrongful Death Actions
Removes the prohibition relating to certain discovery of testimony in certain actions for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice.
Removes the prohibition relating to certain discovery of testimony in certain actions for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice.
Removes the prohibition relating to certain discovery of testimony in certain actions for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice.
Establishes a penalty of not less than $1,000 for each intentional destruction, mutilation or significant alteration of a medical record by a party to a medical malpractice action, or by any officer, director, member, employee or agent of such party; establishes a cause of action on behalf of any person injured as the result of such destruction, mutilation or significant alteration; requires disclosure of metadata, audit trail, and log-in information associated with electronic medical records in certain actions.
Includes certain willful representations made by physicians, physician's assistants, and specialist's assistants to patients and clients, or relating to patients' and clients' private health information, as professional misconduct.
Includes certain willful representations made by physicians, physician's assistants, and specialist's assistants to patients and clients, or relating to patients' and clients' private health information, as professional misconduct.