250.993:          Physicians Serving on the OPMC Hearing Committee

MSSNY will seek legislation or regulation requiring that at least one of the two physicians serving on the hearing committee of the OPMC charged with the responsibility of listening to and reviewing written and oral testimony alleging possible physician misconduct, be in active practice and of the same or similar specialty of the physician being charged, thereby assuring that the physician in question is being truly evaluated and judged by his peers and that the facts, as presented, are reviewed based upon appropriate sound medical decisions.  (HOD 2013-119; Reaffirmed HOD 2023)