As used in this article: “Document” means any information, data, reports, or records prepared by or on behalf of a health care provider and includes mental impressions, analyses, and/or work product. “Health care facility” means any clinic, hospital, pharmacy, nursing home, assisted living facility, residential care community, end-stage renal disease facility, home health agency, child […]
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person providing information to any review organization shall be held, by reason of having provided such information, to be civilly liable under any law, unless: (1) Such information is unrelated to the performance of the duties and functions of such review organization, or (2) such information is […]
(a) Any document prepared by or on behalf of a health care provider for the purpose of improving the quality, delivery, or efficiency of health care or for the purpose of credentialing or reviewing health care providers is confidential and privileged and shall not be subject to discovery in a civil action or administrative proceeding. […]
Any party or parties who institute an action as a result of a peer review may be liable for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees, if the defendant substantially prevails and if the action, or the plaintiff's conduct during the litigation of the action, was frivolous, unreasonable, without foundation, or in bad faith.
Information available from original sources are not to be construed as immune from discovery or use in any civil action merely because they were included in any report or analysis related to improving the quality, delivery, or efficiency of health care or for the purpose of credentialing or reviewing health care providers. Documents contained in […]
