§ 6527. Special provisions. 1. A not-for-profit medical or dental\nexpense indemnity corporation or a hospital service corporation\norganized under the insurance law may employ licensed physicians and\nenter into contracts with partnerships or medical corporations organized\nunder article forty-four of the public health law, health maintenance\norganizations possessing a certificate of authority pursuant to article\nforty-four of the public health law, professional corporations organized\nunder article fifteen of the business corporation law or other groups of\nphysicians to practice medicine on its behalf for persons insured under\nits contracts or policies.\n 2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special\nor local law, any licensed physician who voluntarily and without the\nexpectation of monetary compensation renders first aid or emergency\ntreatment at the scene of an accident or other emergency, outside a\nhospital, doctor's office or any other place having proper and necessary\nmedical equipment, to a person who is unconscious, ill or injured, shall\nnot be liable for damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by\nsuch person or for damages for the death of such person alleged to have\noccurred by reason of an act or omission in the rendering of such first\naid or emergency treatment unless it is established that such injuries\nwere or such death was caused by gross negligence on the part of such\nphysician. Nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed or construed to\nrelieve a licensed physician from liability for damages for injuries or\ndeath caused by an act or omission on the part of a physician while\nrendering professional services in the normal and ordinary course of his\npractice.\n 3. No individual who serves as a member of (a) a committee established\nto administer a utilization review plan of a hospital, including a\nhospital as defined in article twenty-eight of the public health law or\na hospital as defined in subdivision ten of section 1.03 of the mental\nhygiene law, or (b) a committee having the responsibility of the\ninvestigation of an incident reported pursuant to section 29.29 of the\nmental hygiene law or the evaluation and improvement of the quality of\ncare rendered in a hospital as defined in article twenty-eight of the\npublic health law or a hospital as defined in subdivision ten of section\n1.03 of the mental hygiene law, or (c) any medical review committee or\nsubcommittee thereof of a local, county or state medical, dental,\npodiatry or optometrical society, any such society itself, a\nprofessional standards review organization or an individual when such\ncommittee, subcommittee, society, organization or individual is\nperforming any medical or quality assurance review function including\nthe investigation of an incident reported pursuant to section 29.29 of\nthe mental hygiene law, either described in clauses (a) and (b) of this\nsubdivision, required by law, or involving any controversy or dispute\nbetween (i) a physician, dentist, podiatrist or optometrist or hospital\nadministrator and a patient concerning the diagnosis, treatment or care\nof such patient or the fees or charges therefor or (ii) a physician,\ndentist, podiatrist or optometrist or hospital administrator and a\nprovider of medical, dental, podiatric or optometrical services\nconcerning any medical or health charges or fees of such physician,\ndentist, podiatrist or optometrist, or (d) a committee appointed\npursuant to section twenty-eight hundred five-j of the public health law\nto participate in the medical and dental malpractice prevention program,\nor (e) any individual who participated in the preparation of incident\nreports required by the department of health pursuant to section\ntwenty-eight hundred five-l of the public health law, or (f) a committee\nestablished to administer a utilization review plan, or a committee\nhaving the responsibility of evaluation and improvement of the
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