Physician Profile Law States

States which have enacted a Physician Profile Law provide detailed information for a doctor look up for Medical Malpractice, Hospital Discipline and Criminal Convictions. Those States include:

California Physician Profiles

The CA Profile Statute - click to read

If enforcement (or disciplinary) action has been taken against a physician's license, the public documents related to the action are available to the public. Click here to order these documents. These documents may include:

Accusation: the public document stating the charges the Board has filed against a physician.

Decision: the public document describing the legal findings of the charges in an Accusation and identifying the penalties imposed on the physician.

Stipulated Agreement: a form of plea bargain negotiated and settled prior to a hearing.

Temporary Restraining Order or Interim Suspension Order: issued by either a Superior Court Judge or Administrative Law Judge to halt a physician's practice immediately.

Public Letter of Reprimand: a lesser form of discipline that can be negotiated for minor violations before filing formal charges or an accusation.

Citation and Fine: an alternative method by which the Board can impose a sanction and take action against a physician for a technical violation of the law. (Note: Citations are not considered disciplinary action.)

Other Information includes:

Disciplinary Actions by the Medical Board and pending disciplinary proceedings in which formal charges have been filed by the Board.
Felony Criminal Convictions.
Hospital Disciplinary Actions resulting in termination or revocation of hospital staff privileges for medical disciplinary reasons going back to January 1, 1995.
Amounts Paid as a result of Malpractice Judgments and Arbitration Awards. The actual dollar amount of the award is provided along with the court and docket number.

Myths about the California Malpractice Law

Florida Physician Profiles

Florida Doctor's profile - for info on:

- the practitioner's education and training, including other health related - degrees, professional and post graduate training specialty
- the practitioner's current practice and mailing addresses
- the practitioner's staff privileges and faculty appointments
- the practitioner's reported financial responsibility
- legal actions taken against the practitioner
- board final disciplinary action taken against the practitioner
- any liability claims filed against the practitioner which exceed $5,000

- Click here to look up the Florida doctors license

- Click here to search to FL doctors profile

- Click here to see the FL doctor's history of paid malpractice claims.

- Click here to lookup the Florida doctors disciplinary complaints

- Florida med mal payout statistics

Massachusetts Physician Profiles

Massachusetts Profiling Law - read here.

The Massachusetts Board of Doctor Registration (click to access) provides the following material on physicians:

-Whether the Physician is certified in a Specialty by a Specialty Board..
-Education and Training.
-Paid Malpractice Claims within the last 10 years. The number of payments made as a result of a Settlement of a Malpractice Claim or a Judgment against the physician in a malpractice lawsuit or an arbitration award is provided.
-Criminal Convictions within the past 10 years.
-Hospital disciplinary actions within the past 10 years.
-Final Disciplinary actions taken by the Board during the past 10 years.

The Board of Registration in Medicine does not include information on pending malpractice lawsuits in its physician profiles, however they may provide it by telephone (617) 654-9800.

Other states which provide some profile info:

New York Doctor Information
- Record of Disciplined New York Doctors
- New York Doctor License Information
- Dangerous New York Doctors - article

Rhode Island
R.I. Profile Law
click here to obtain Doctor Profile Information which includes:
- Disciplinary Actions within 10 years;
- Criminal Convictions for felonies;
- Hospital Disciplinary Actions
- Medical malpractice court judgments and settlements.
- Government report refutes Malpractice Crisis in RI

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