Stokes v. Baker

*950Health and Safety Code section 1799.110, subdivision (c) states: "In any action for damages involving a claim of negligence against a physician and surgeon providing emergency medical coverage for a general acute care hospital emergency department, the court shall admit expert medical testimony only from physicians and surgeons who have had substantial professional experience within the last five years while assigned to provide emergency medical coverage in a general acute care hospital emergency department."1 In this appeal, we must decide whether this expert qualification requirement…