New York A 6678: Requires notification of misconduct by medical professionals

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A06678 Summary:

BILL NOA06678 

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SPONSORLee

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Amd §6530, Ed L; amd §§230 & 2803-e, Pub Health L

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Requires notification of misconduct by medical professionals; requires medical professionals to notify the department of health within 10 days of being charged with a crime; includes verbal, written, or physical behavior of a sexual nature in the practice of medicine that has no legitimate medical purpose and/or that exploits the current or former practitioner-patient relationship in a sexual way in the definition of professional misconduct.

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BILL NOA06678 

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03/06/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6678

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Health

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
 to requiring notification of misconduct by medical professionals

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 20, 28 and 31 of section 6530 of the education
 2 law, as added by chapter 606 of the laws of 1991, are amended and two
 3 new subdivisions 51 and 52 are added to read as follows:
 4 20. Conduct [in the practice of medicine] which evidences moral unfit-
 5 ness to practice medicine;
 6 28. Failing to respond within [thirty] ten days to written communi-
 7 cations from the department of health and to make available any relevant
 8 records with respect to an inquiry or complaint about the licensee's
 9 professional misconduct. The period of [thirty] ten days shall commence
 10 on the date when such communication was delivered personally to the
 11 licensee. If the communication is sent from the department of health by
 12 registered or certified mail, with return receipt requested, to the
 13 address appearing in the last registration, the period of [thirty] ten
 14 days shall commence on the date of delivery to the licensee, as indi-
 15 cated by the return receipt;
 16 31. Willfully harassing, abusing, or intimidating a patient [either]
 17 or a patient's caregiver or surrogate physically or verbally;
 18 51. Except for good cause shown, failing to notify the department of
 19 health within ten calendar days of having been charged with a crime in
 20 any jurisdiction or of any event meeting the definitions of professional
 21 misconduct set forth in subdivision nine of this section.
 22 52. Verbal, written, or physical behavior of a sexual nature in the
 23 practice of medicine that has no legitimate medical purpose and/or that
 24 exploits the current or former practitioner-patient relationship in a
 25 sexual way. This behavior may occur in person or virtually and may

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03893-01-5

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 1 include expressions of thoughts and feelings or gestures and actions
 2 that are of a sexual nature or that a patient or surrogate may reason-
 3 ably construe as sexual.
 4 § 2. Clause (C) of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision
 5 10 of section 230 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 477 of
 6 the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
 7 (C) If the director determines that the matter shall be submitted to
 8 an investigation committee, an investigation committee shall be convened
 9 within [ninety days] one year of any interview of the licensee. The
 10 director shall present the investigation committee with relevant
 11 documentation including, but not limited to: (1) a copy of the original
 12 complaint; (2) the report of the interviewer and the stenographic record
 13 if one was taken; (3) the report of any medical or scientific expert;
 14 (4) copies of reports of any patient record reviews; and (5) the
 15 licensee's submissions.
 16 § 3. Subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 10 of
 17 section 230 of