N.Y. CPLR § 7552

NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES (CPLR) New York State | For Informational Purposes Only CPLR § 7552 Health care arbitration proceedings § 7552. Health care arbitration proceedings. (a) Proceedings pursuantto this article shall be commenced and conducted in accordance witharticle seventy-five of this chapter, except as otherwise provided bythis article, and in accordance with rules promulgated by thearbitration administrator and approved by the superintendent offinancial services.(b) The standards of duty, practice, or care to be applied to aphysician, dentist, hospital, health maintenance organization or otherhealth care provider in the arbitration shall be the same standards aswould be applied in a comparable medical or dental malpractice action.(c) Damages shall be determined in accordance with provisions of lawapplicable to medical and dental malpractice actions. Attorneycontingency fee agreements shall be valid and subject to provisions oflaw applicable to medical and dental malpractice actions.