confidential.
1.A person shall not be civilly liable as a result of acts, omissions, or decisions made in
connection with the person’s service on a peer review committee. However, such immunity
from civil liability shall not apply if an act, omission, or decision is made with malice.
2.As used in this subsection, “peer review records” means all complaint files,
investigation files, reports, and other investigative information relating to licensee discipline
or professional competence in the possession of a peer review committee or an employee
of a peer review committee. As used in this subsection, “peer review committee” does not
include licensing boards. Peer review records are privileged and confidential, are not subject
to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for re
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confidential.
1. A person shall not be civilly liable as a result of acts, omissions, or decisions made in
connection with the person’s service on a peer review committee. However, such immunity
from civil liability shall not apply if an act, omission, or decision is made with malice.
2. As used in this subsection, “peer review records” means all complaint files,
investigation files, reports, and other investigative information relating to licensee discipline
or professional competence in the possession of a peer review committee or an employee
of a peer review committee. As used in this subsection, “peer review committee” does not
include licensing boards. Peer review records are privileged and confidential, are not subject
to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for release to a person other
than an affected licensee or a peer review committee, and are not admissible in evidence in
a judicial or administrative proceeding other than a proceeding involving licensee discipline
or a proceeding brought by a licensee who is the subject of a peer review record and whose
competence is at issue. A person shall not be liable as a result of filing a report or complaint
with a peer review committee or providing information to such a committee, or for disclosure
of privileged matter to a peer review committee. A person present at a meeting of a peer
review committee shall not be permitted to testify as to the findings, recommendations,
evaluations, or opinions of the peer review committee in any judicial or administrative
proceeding other than a proceeding involving licensee discipline or a proceeding brought by
a licensee who is the subject of a peer review committee meeting and whose competence is
at issue. Information or documents discoverable from sources other than the peer review
committee do not become nondiscoverable from the other sources merely because they
are made available to or are in the possession of a peer review committee. However, such
information relating to licensee discipline may be disclosed to an appropriate licensing
authority in any jurisdiction in which the licensee is licensed or has applied for a license. If
such information indicates a crime has been committed, the information shall be reported
to the proper law enforcement agency. This subsection shall not preclude the discovery of
the identification of witnesses or documents known to a peer review committee. Any final
written decision and finding of fact by a licensing board in a disciplinary proceeding is a
public record. Upon appeal by a licensee of a decision of a board, the entire case record
shall be submitted to the reviewing court. In all cases where privileged and confidential
informationunderthissubsectionbecomesdiscoverable, admissible, orpartofacourtrecord
the identity of an individual whose privilege has been involuntarily waived shall be withheld.
3. a. A full and confidential report concerning any final hospital disciplinary action
approved by a hospital board of trustees that results in a limitation, suspension, or revocation
of a physician’s privilege to practice for reasons relating to the physician’s professional
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competence or concerning any voluntary surrender or limitation of privileges for reasons
relating to professional competence shall be made to the board of medicine by the hospital
administrator or chief of medical staff within ten days of such action. The board of
medicine shall investigate the report and take appropriate action. These reports shall be
privileged and confidential as though included in and subject to the requirements for peer
review committee information in subsection 2. Persons making these reports and persons
participating in resulting proceedings related to these reports shall be immune from civil
liability with respect to the making of the report or participation in resulting proceedings.
As used in this subsection, “physician” means a person licensed pursuant to chapter 148.
b. Notwithstandingsubsection2, iftheboardofmedicineconductsaninvestigationbased
on a complaint received or upon its own motion, a hospital pursuant to subpoena shall make
available information and documents requested by the board, specifically including reports
or descriptions of any complaints or incidents concerning an individual who is the subject of
the board’s investigation, even though the information and documents are also kept for, are
the subject of, or are being used in peer review by the hospital. However, the deliberations,
testimony, decisions, conclusions, findings, recommendations, evaluations, work product, or
opinions of a peer review committee or its members and those portions of any documents or
recordscontainingorrevealinginformationrelatingtheretoshallnotbesubjecttotheboard’s
requestforinformation,subpoena,orotherlegalcompulsion. Allinformationanddocuments
received by the board from a hospital under this section shall be confidential pursuant to
section 272C.6, subsection 4.