117.989 Anonymous Cyberspace Evaluations of Physicians:
MSSNY will:
-work with legislators to secure legislation to require that all online sites purporting to evaluate licensed physicians have systems in place to substantiate the authenticity of the persons completing their online surveys to be sure that the persons completing the evaluations are real, bonafide patients and to require that there are controls in place to track and limit the number of responses;
-work with legislators to secure legislation that would make it a crime for a company or an individual that does business or resides in New York State to initiate, facilitate or contribute to on-line slander, libel and misrepresentation of identity or cyberbullying through the internet;
-work with legislators to secure legislation that would require a company or an individual that does business or resides in New York State that maintains a Website which purports to offer evaluations of physicians to register with the Attorney General of the State of New York and to be the subject of routine review for the purpose of determining whether said Website facilitates on-line slander, libel and misrepresentation of identify or cyberbullying;
-work with legislators to secure legislation that would make it a crime for a company or an individual that does business or resides in New York State to violate Internet user agreements.
In addition, MSSNY to bring a resolution on this subject to the American Medical Association. (Council 9/17/09; Reaffirmed HOD 2019)
