Expert Witness Qualifications

9230.2 – Expert Witness Qualifications (Rev. 24, Issued: 02-12-16, Effective: 03-14-16, Implementation: 03-14-16) Expert witnesses should be board-certified (although this is not required) and actively practicing in the same specialty or specialties as the physician or physicians who treated the patient whose case is under review. In addition, whenever possible, the expert witness should practice in a setting similar to that of the physician who attended the patient. The QIO must ensure that physician reviewers are aware of the potential need to serve as expert witnesses. Prior to reviewing a case, the QIO should secure a statement of willingness to serve as an expert witness from the physician reviewers to certify his/her availability for expert witness testimony.