Evidence; oath
Sec. 17. (a) The evidence in written form to be considered by the
medical review panel shall be promptly submitted by the respective
parties.
(b) The evidence may consist of medical charts, x-rays, lab tests,
excerpts of treatises, depositions of witnesses including parties, and
any other form of evidence allowable by the medical review panel.
(c) Depositions of parties and witnesses may be taken before the
convening of the panel.
(d) The chairman shall ensure that before the panel gives its
expert opinion under section 22 of this chapter, each panel member
has the opportunity to review every item of evidence submitted by
the parties.
(e) Before considering any evidence or deliberating with other
panel members, each member of the medical review panel shall take
an oath in writing on a form provided by the panel chairman, which
must read as follows:
"I (swear) (affirm) under penalties of perjury that I will well
and truly consider the evidence submitted by the parties; that I
will render my opinion without bias, based upon the evidence
submitted by the parties, and that I have not and will not
communicate with any party or representative of a party before
rendering my opinion, except as authorized by law.".
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
Last modified: May 24, 2006