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§  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
financial services.

(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.