Section 7552. Health care arbitration proceedings  


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  • (a) Proceedings pursuant
      to this article shall be commenced  and  conducted  in  accordance  with
      article  seventy-five  of  this chapter, except as otherwise provided by
      this  article,  and  in  accordance  with  rules  promulgated   by   the
      arbitration   administrator   and  approved  by  the  superintendent  of
      insurance.
        (b) The standards of duty, practice,  or  care  to  be  applied  to  a
      physician,  dentist,  hospital, health maintenance organization or other
      health care provider in the arbitration shall be the same  standards  as
      would be applied in a comparable medical or dental malpractice action.
        (c)  Damages  shall be determined in accordance with provisions of law
      applicable  to  medical  and  dental   malpractice   actions.   Attorney
      contingency  fee  agreements shall be valid and subject to provisions of
      law applicable to medical and dental malpractice actions.