As used in this subchapter:
(1) "Adversely affect", when used in reference to clinical privileges or medical staff membership, means deny, reduce, restrict, suspend, revoke, or fail to renew;
(2) "Governing body" means a hospital's board of directors, board of trustees, or other body, or duly authorized subcommittee thereof, which has authority to take final action regarding a professional review action;
(3) "Hospital" means a health care facility licensed as a hospital by the Division of Health Facilities Services under § 20-9-213;
(4) "Investigation" means a process conducted by a professional review body to obtain facts related to a concern or complaint about a physician in order to determine whether a professional review action should be requested or recommended;
(5) "Medical staff" means the physicians and other licensed practitioners who are approved and given privileges to provide health care to patients in the hospital;
(6) "Professional review action" means an action or recommendation of a professional review body that is taken or made in the conduct of professional review activity and that:
(A) Is based on an individual physician's competence or professional conduct that adversely affects or could adversely affect the health or welfare of a patient or patients; and
(B) Adversely affects or may adversely affect the hospital membership or clinical privileges of the physician;
(7) (A) "Professional review activity" means an activity with respect to an individual physician:
(i) To determine whether the physician may have clinical privileges at a hospital or membership in the hospital's medical staff;
(ii) To determine the scope or conditions of such clinical privileges or medical staff membership; or
(iii) To change or modify such clinical privileges or medical staff membership.
(B) "Professional review activity" includes an investigation, as defined in this section; and
(8) (A) "Professional review body" means a hospital, its governing body, or its medical staff when any of these bodies are conducting a professional review activity.
(B) "Professional review body" includes, without limitation, a peer review committee of a hospital as defined by § 20-9-501, and any committee or subcommittee or third party contractor of the hospital, medical staff, or governing board, when performing or assisting in the performance of a professional review activity.
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