A movement is slowly building to abolish century-old medical malpractice "locality rules" that judge a doctor's performance by the medical standards in the physician's community. Those laws, which are still on the books in 21 states, were originally designed to protect rural doctors who lacked access to medicines and training available in big cities. Now plaintiffs lawyers, courts, medical professionals and a handful of legislators are calling for the demise of such rules, calling them outdated and unfair.
July 23, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A movement is slowly building to abolish century-old medical malpractice laws that judge a doctor’s performance by the medical standards existing in the physician’s community.
Those laws, known as “locality rules,” are still on the books in 21 states. They were originally designed to protect rural doctors who lacked access to medicines and training available in big cities.
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