NY S07023

Requires medical experts consulting on professional misconduct investigations to disclose conflicts of interest (shared alma mater, hometown, residence, relationships) and prohibits those under investigation, on administrative warning, or on probation from serving as consultants.

Mandates the Board for Professional Medical Conduct adopt a zero-tolerance policy for sexual misconduct, publish it publicly, and state that patients cannot consent to sexual conduct with their treating physician.

Requires annual training on sexual misconduct and sexual harassment for office of professional medical conduct staff, investigators, legal affairs division, and board members using expert speakers and community program representatives.

Establishes patient rights in hospitals including the right to request a family member or third-party chaperone during physical examinations, with written notice required for breast, pelvic, genitalia, and rectal examinations.

Adds sexual impropriety and physical sexual contact without appropriate consent to the definition of professional misconduct; requires state board for medicine to query the federal National Practitioner Data Bank during initial licensure applications and conduct criminal history record checks on applicants.