| Last Action | to Judiciary (S) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to medical practice. |
| Bill Documents |
Bill
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| Bill Request Number | 1025 |
| Sponsor | W. Westerfield |
| Summary of Original Version | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to require the Board Medical Licensure to design a program to ensure that a physician offers testimony in accord with his or her professional knowledge of skills; create an expert witness certificate program for individuals who submit certain documents; require that individuals testifying as expert medical witnesses be certified by this program before their testimony may be admitted as expert testimony; clarify that the certificate shall only permit an individual to testify and not practice medicine; state 16 subjects to which an individual, under penalty of perjury, shall attest before he or she may receive an expert witness certificate; state circumstances under which the board may pursue disciplinary action, issue fines of up to $10,000, and revoke an expert witness certificate; create a new section of KRS Chapter 454 to establish standards for medical expert witness testimony. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Courts - Expert physician witnesses, expert witness certificate program, creation Health and Medical Services - Expert physician witnesses, expert witness certificate program, creation Physicians and Practitioners - Expert physician witnesses, expert witness certificate program, creation State Agencies - Board of Medical Licensure, expert physician witness certificate program Witnesses - Expert physician witnesses, expert witness certificate program, creation Attorneys - Expert physician witnesses, expert witness certificate program, creation Civil Actions - Expert physician witnesses, expert witness certificate program, creation Civil Procedure - Expert physician witnesses, expert witness certificate program, creation |
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