Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

Filed: 3/28/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1754

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1754 by replacing
3line 4 on page 58 through line 3 on page 59 with the following:
 
4    "(a) Nothing in this Act exempts any physician, practice
5group, hospital, or institution from vicarious liability
6arising from the employment, agency, or apparent agency of a
7licensed certified professional midwife that commits an
8alleged negligent act or omission.
9    (b) Nothing in this Act exempts any physician or practice
10group from liability for its own negligent acts or omissions
11arising out of its failure to supervise or oversee a licensed
12certified professional midwife, to the extent such a physician
13or practice group has undertaken to provide such oversight.
14    (c) Nothing in this Act exempts a hospital or practice
15group from liability arising out of the credentialing or
16employment of a licensed certified professional midwife.".