The terms “medical or dental review committee” or “committee,” when used in this chapter, shall mean a committee of a state or local professional medical, nursing, pharmacy or dental society or a licensed hospital, nursing home or other health-care facility, or of a medical, nursing, pharmacy or dental staff or a licensed hospital, nursing home […]
The term “accreditation and quality assurance materials” as used in Sections 41-63-21 through 41-63-29 means and shall include written reports, records, correspondence and materials concerning the accreditation or quality assurance of any hospital, nursing home or other health-care facility and any medical care foundation, health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, individual practice association or similar […]
Accreditation and quality assurance materials, as defined in Sections 41-63-21 through 41-63-29, shall be held in confidence and shall not be subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil action against the health-care professional or institution. No person involved in preparation, evaluation or review of accreditation or quality assurance materials shall be permitted […]
The provisions of Section 41-63-23 shall not apply in any legal action brought by a hospital or other health-care entity to restrict or revoke a physician’s license to practice medicine or hospital staff privileges, or in any legal action brought by an aggrieved physician against any hospital, health-care entity, or person acting on behalf of […]
It is not the intent of Sections 41-63-21 through 41-63-29 to amend, alter or modify the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence as promulgated by the Mississippi Supreme Court.
The provisions of Sections 41-63-21 through 41-63-29, including the confidentiality provided in Sections 41-63-21 through 41-63-29 shall be deemed part of the substantive law of this state enacted for the express legislative purpose of promoting quality patient care through accreditation and quality assurance functions.
Any hospital, medical staff, state or local professional medical, pharmacy or dental society, nursing home, health maintenance organization, medical care foundation, preferred provider organization or other health-care facility is authorized to establish medical or dental review committees one of the purposes of which may be to evaluate or review the diagnosis or treatment or the […]
In order to improve the quality and efficiency of medical care, the State Department of Health shall design and establish a registry program of the condition and treatment of persons seeking medical care that will provide the following: Information in a central data bank system of accurate, precise and current information regarding the diagnostic services […]
No physician, dentist, pharmacist, nurse, hospital, organization or institution furnishing information, data, reports or records under Section 41-63-3 or 41-63-4 shall, by reason of furnishing such information be liable in damages to any person. No hospital, hospital governing body, medical or dental review committee, or member of such a committee or governing body, or employee […]
The identity of any person whose condition or treatment has been studied shall be confidential and shall not be revealed under any circumstances. Any person who reveals the identity of such person in violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to confinement in the county […]
Notwithstanding any conflicting statute, court rule or other law, in order to encourage medical and dental review activity, the proceedings and records of any medical or dental review committee shall be confidential and shall not be subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil action arising out of the matters which are the […]
