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RS 9:4233

If an arbitration contract lets a doctor, dentist, or medical institution appoint arbitrators, the patient must be allowed to appoint the same number and cannot be forced to choose a physician or dentist.…

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“If an arbitration contract lets a doctor, dentist, or medical institution appoint arbitrators, the patient must be allowed to appoint the same number and cannot be forced to choose a physician or dentist. A court appoints neutral arbitrators if the parties’ chosen arbitrators cannot agree. Either party may void the agr”

If an arbitration contract lets a doctor, dentist, or medical institution appoint arbitrators, the patient must be allowed to appoint the same number and cannot be forced to choose a physician or dentist. A court appoints neutral arbitrators if the parties’ chosen arbitrators cannot agree. Either party may void the agreement within 30 days, except that negligence or medical malpractice before revocation still binds the contract for that act.

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RS 9:4233

If an arbitration contract lets a doctor, dentist, or medical institution appoint arbitrators, the patient must be allowed to appoint the same number and cannot be forced to choose a physician or dentist. A court appoints neutral arbitr…

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If an arbitration contract lets a doctor, dentist, or medical institution appoint arbitrators, the patient must be allowed to appoint the same number and cannot be forced to choose a physician or dentist. A court appoints neutral arbitrators if the parties’ chosen arbitrators cannot agree. Either party may void the agreement within 30 days, except that negligence or medical malpractice before revocation still binds the contract for that act.

§4233. Selection of arbitrators; qualifications; restrictions If an arbitration contract contains a provision which permits a physician, dentist, or medical institution to appoint one or more arbitrators, then the contract shall also provide that the patient shall have the right to appoint an equal number of arbitrators. There shall be no restriction in the arbitration agreement as to whom the patient can appoint as an arbitrator and specifically the arbitration agreement shall not require the patient to appoint a physician or dentist as members of the arbitration panel. If the agreement provided for the appointment of one or more neutral arbitrators by arbitrators chosen by the parties and said arbitrators cannot agree on the neutral arbitrators, then the neutral arbitrators shall be appointed by the court in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 9:4204. Any agreement under this Chapter is voidable by either party or parties within thirty days from the date of execution of said contract, provided, however, that if an act or acts of negligence and/or medical malpractice is committed by the medical or dental practitioner or medical institution prior to the revocation date, the contract shall be binding as to that act. Added by Acts 1975, No. 371, §1.
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