§ 2995-D — Further study of other health care practitioner data

§ 2995-d. Further study of other health care practitioner data. The\ndepartment shall:\n 1. Identify the classes of health care practitioners licensed,\ncertified or registered pursuant to title eight of the education law,\nconcerning whom it would be feasible and useful to collect and\ndisseminate information useful for making determinations concerning\nhealth care quality;\n 2. Investigate the types of data concerning such practitioners to\nwhich the public has access, including all information provided by\nfederal, state or local agencies, and the applicable data reporting\nrequirements;\n 3. Determine which data concerning such practitioners and which\nmethods of accessing such data, will be the most useful and convenient\nfor health care consumers;\n 4. Study the feasibility and utility of providing practitioner\nprofiles by means of the system commonly known as the Internet, on a\nsingle website; and\n 5. Provide a report of its findings to the governor and legislature\nwithin eighteen months of the effective date of this section.\n