N.Y. Public Health Law § 2995-d: Further study of other health care practitioner data

§ 2995-d. Further study of other health care practitioner data. The

department shall:

1. Identify the classes of health care practitioners licensed,

certified or registered pursuant to title eight of the education law,

concerning whom it would be feasible and useful to collect and

disseminate information useful for making determinations concerning

health care quality;

2. Investigate the types of data concerning such practitioners to

which the public has access, including all information provided by

federal, state or local agencies, and the applicable data reporting

requirements;

3. Determine which data concerning such practitioners and which

methods of accessing such data, will be the most useful and convenient

for health care consumers;

4. Study the feasibility and utility of providing practitioner

profiles by means of the system commonly known as the Internet, on a

single website; and

5. Provide a report of its findings to the governor and legislature

within eighteen months of the effective date of this section.