IC 34-30-15-1 Confidentiality; Peer Review Committee Proceedings

• Library: Indiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 255-2023
• Year: 2023
• Citation: IC 34-30-15-1

(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 <codecitation statecd="IN" sessionyear="2021" datatype="S" title="27" catchline=""Health maintenance organization"">27-13-1-19</codecitation>) or a limited service health maintenance organization (as defined in IC <codecitation statecd="IN" sessionyear="2021" datatype="S" title="27" catchline=""Limited service health maintenance organization" defined">27-13-34-4</codecitation>) ;

may disclose the final action taken with regard to a professional health care provider without violating the provisions of this section.

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(e) Upon approval by the health care facility's governing body, the peer review committee of a health care facility (as defined in IC 16-40-5-2, expired) may submit or disclose to the agency (as defined in IC 16-40-5-1, expired) the following for purposes of patient safety or quality of health care matters under IC 16-40-5(expired):

(1) Communications to the peer review committee.

(2) Peer review committee proceedings.

(3) Peer review committee records.