UJI 13-1101. Duty of doctor or other health care provider.

In [treating] [operating upon] [making a diagnosis of] [caring for] a patient, __________________ (name of defendant) is under the duty to possess and apply the knowledge and to use the skill and care ordinarily used by reasonably well-qualified [doctors] [__________________’s (other health care provider)] practicing under similar circumstances, giving due consideration to the locality involved. A [doctor] [__________________ (other health care provider)] who fails to do so is negligent. [The only way in which you may decide whether the [doctors] [ __________________’s (other health care provider)] in this case possessed and applied the knowledge and used the skill and care which the law required of them is from evidence presented in this trial by [doctors] [__________________’s (other health care provider)] testifying as expert witnesses. In deciding this question, you must not use any personal knowledge of any of the jurors.]