Guinn v. Light

OPINION ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

CONOVER, Presiding Justice.

Appellees Light and Funderburk have filed a petition for rehearing, claiming this court erred in its original opinion in several particulars. One issue they raise perhaps needs more exposition, namely, whether the Medical Review Panel provided by the Medical Malpractice Act has authority to determine whether a particular health care provider is “qualified” under the Act. Ap-pellees insist it does not because that Act provides

The. panel shall have the sole duty to express its expert opinion as to whether or not the evidence supports…