Spradling v. SSM Health Care St. Louis

MARY R. RUSSELL, Judge.

The issue in this medical negligence case is whether the health care affidavit filed pursuant to section 538.225.2 1 was based upon an opinion by a “legally qualified health care provider” who actively practiced “substantially the same specialty” as the defendant. This Court finds that the phrase “substantially the same specialty” used in section 538.225.2 does not require that a “legally qualified health care provider” have the same board certification as the defendant. While the legislature did not define “substantially the same specialty,” one who repeatedly performs…