37 Pa. Code § 171.75 – Panel membership requirements.

(a) No arbitration panel member may be related by blood or marriage to a fellow panel member or to any party or attorney of record in the claim.
(b) Panel members may reside in any county in this Commonwealth, not merely the county in which the arbitration hearing will be conducted.
(c) The attorney and the health care provider members of each arbitration panel shall be or have been practicing members of their respective professions. The attorney member shall have at least 3 years of trial experience and be in good standing with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and the health care provider member shall have a current, valid license or be a hospital administrator.
(d) No panel member may be a party in a current action based on professional malpractice.
(e) The parties may stipulate to waive any of the requirements in this section and to promptly file the stipulation with the Administrator.