Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 52-184c
(P.A. 86-338, S. 11; P.A. 87-227, S. 8.)
Cited. 211 Conn. 555; 214 Conn. 1; 215 C. 701; 239 C. 574; 242 Conn. 1. There is no explicit incorporation of the definition in Sec. 52-184b with reference to a similar health care provider anywhere in this section; this suggests that legislature intended to incorporate the definition only with reference to defendant health care providers and not with reference to similar health care providers. 265 C. 79. Cited. 34 CA 871; 44 CA 257; 46 Conn.App. 391. Subsec. (a): In claim for ordinary negligence for failure of health care provider to warn third party, expert testimony required to prove standard of care, breach of that standard and causation of injury. 262 C. 248. Expert testimony establishing standard of care at a particular hospital is relevant only if it comports with an accepted, applicable national standard of care. 289 C. 61. Subsec. (b): Absent evidence of specialized training, registered nurses are considered nonspecialists under Subsec. 172 CA 699. Subsec. (c): Good faith opinion letter from physician who is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology meets requirements of Subsec. because claims were related to care given by certified nurse-midwives and a registered nurse in same specialty. 314 C. 709. Plaintiff’s author of opinion letter does not fall within definition of “similar health care provider” under section because, unlike defendant physician, the author of the opinion letter is not board certified in emergency medicine. 168 CA 47. Subsec. (d): Does not preclude board-certified physician from testifying as an expert solely because the physician was not board-certified at the time of the alleged malpractice. 262 C. 637. Subsec. deals with situations where specialties overlap. 77 CA 307. Affords court discretion in determining whether an expert may testify and thus it is possible that expert could qualify to testify at trial under Subsec. but not qualify to provide a prelitigation opinion pursuant to Sec. 52-190a(a). 117 CA 535.