§ 19a-490ff — Prohibition on hospitals requiring physicians to provide credentials of board certification in a certain specialty for a certain time or board recertification as part of the credentialing process.

(a) As used in this section, (1) “board eligible” means eligible to take a qualifying examination administered by a medical specialty board after having graduated from a medical school, completed a residency program and trained under supervision in a specialty fellowship program, (2) “board certified” means having passed the qualifying examination administered by a medical specialty board to become board certified in a particular specialty, and (3) “board recertification” means recertification in a particular specialty after a predetermined time period prescribed by a medical specialty board, including, but not limited to, through participation in any required maintenance of certification program, after having passed the qualifying examination administered by the medical specialty board to become board certified in a particular specialty. (b) No hospital, or medical review committee of a hospital, shall require, as part of its credentialing requirements (1) for a board eligible physician to acquire privileges to practice in the hospital, that the physician provide credentials of board certification in a particular specialty until five years after the date on which the physician became board eligible in such specialty, or (2) for a board certified physician to acquire or retain privileges to practice in the hospital, that the physician provide credentials of board recertification.

Legislative History

(P.A. 23-97, S. 12; P.A. 24-19, S. 11.) History: P.A. 24-19 amended Subsec. (a)(3) by redefining “board recertification”, effective May 21, 2024.