Confidentiality; peer review committee proceedings
Sec. 1. (a) All proceedings of a peer review committee are
confidential.
(b) All communications to a peer review committee shall be
privileged communications.
(c) Neither the personnel of a peer review committee nor any
participant in a committee proceeding shall reveal any content of:
(1) communications to;
(2) the records of; or
(3) the determination of;
a peer review committee outside of the peer review committee.
(d) However, the governing board of:
(1) a hospital;
(2) a professional health care organization;
(3) a preferred provider organization (including a preferred
provider arrangement or reimbursement agreement under
IC 27-8-11); or
(4) a health maintenance organization (as defined in
IC 27-13-1-19) or a limited service health maintenance
organization(as defined in IC 27-13-34-4);
may disclose the final action taken with regard to a professional
health care provider without violating the provisions of this section.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.26.
Last modified: May 24, 2006