Requires notification of misconduct by medical professionals and includes sexual misconduct in the definition of professional misconduct.

New York A06678 mandates that medical professionals must notify the Department of Health within 10 days of being charged with a crime. It also includes verbal, written, or physical behavior of a sexual nature in the practice of medicine that has no legitimate medical purpose and/or that exploits the current or former practitioner-patient relationship in a sexual way in the definition of professional misconduct. This bill aims to ensure timely reporting of misconduct by medical professionals and to address inappropriate sexual behavior in medical practice.

Requires notification of misconduct by medical professionals and includes sexual misconduct in the definition of professional misconduct.

New York A06678 mandates that medical professionals must notify the Department of Health within 10 days of being charged with a crime. It also includes verbal, written, or physical behavior of a sexual nature in the practice of medicine that has no legitimate medical purpose and/or that exploits the current or former practitioner-patient relationship in a sexual way in the definition of professional misconduct. This bill aims to ensure timely reporting of misconduct by medical professionals and to address inappropriate sexual behavior in medical practice.