Medical Board Bill Needs Additional Patient Rights to Mandate Disclosure and Participation, Yet Includes Provisions That Will Strengthen Doctor Accountability, Says Consumer Watchdog
The bill creates a public member majority on the Board, a top priority of patient advocates, however fails to mandate patients have rights in the enforcement process or receive timely information about their doctors.
- The bill creates a public member majority on the Board, a top priority of patient advocates, however fails to mandate patients have rights in the enforcement process or receive timely information about their doctors.
- Lawmakers will vote on the bill authored by Senator Richard Roth today in the Senate Business, Professions & Economic Development Committee.
- "Lawmakers and the Medical Board must give patients rights in the enforcement process and access to information about their doctors in order to protect themselves.
- The bill creates a Complainant Liaison Unit at the Medical Board to interact with members of the public, but does not give people who file a complaint about patient harm rights in the enforcement process.