N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 10 § 1000.4

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 1000.4 - Collection of initial profile information

(a) The department shall send an initial profile survey to every currently or newly State licensed and registered physician in New York State which reflects all the data elements required by Public Health Law, section 2995-a(1), some elements of which shall be prepared by the department using data sources other than the physician. Such initial profile survey must be completed, signed and returned by each physician to the address designated by the department on the survey and postmarked within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting such initial profile survey to the physician.

(b) Physicians shall be given the opportunity to correct factual inaccuracies that appear in the profile. Once the department receives a physician's completed and signed initial profile survey and enters the data into the physician profile database, the department will provide to the physician a copy of his or her profile in the form to be used for public dissemination, hereafter referred to as the review copy, prior to such public dissemination. The physician shall note any corrections on the review copy and return it to the department signed and postmarked within 10 days of the date of the letter transmitting the review copy to the physician; otherwise, the department will publicly disseminate the physician's profile information as received on the physician's initial profile survey.

(c) Subsequent to receiving the physician's review copy, if returned within the time frame required by subdivision (b) of this section, the department will provide to the physician a copy of any medical malpractice information in the form to be used for public dissemination, hereafter referred to as the medical malpractice review copy. Physicians shall correct any factual inaccuracies on the medical malpractice review copy and return it to the department postmarked within 10 days of the date of the letter transmitting the medical malpractice review copy to the physician, or, in the instance where the physician has two or fewer medial malpractice settlements over the most recent 10-year period and opts to access the panel review process, shall provide additional factual clinical information pursuant to section 1000.3(b)(2)(ii) of this Part. If the physician does not respond in accordance with the timeframes set forth in this subdivision, the department will publicly disseminate the physician's medical malpractice information provided on the medical malpractice review copy.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 § 1000.4