Pennsylvania SB340 amends the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare) Act to revise definitions and qualifications for experts in.
Pennsylvania SB340 amends the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare) Act to revise definitions and qualifications for experts in medical professional liability cases. The bill adds a definition for "certificate of merit" and modifies the qualifications for experts providing testimony or statements in support of such certificates. Specifically, experts must be substantially familiar with the standard of care for the specific care at issue and practice in the same or a similar subspecialty as the defendant physician.
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