7552 - Health care arbitration proceedings.

§  7552. Health care arbitration proceedings. (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.