§ 25-1-9-18 — Fitness determination of health care provider; filing complaint

Indiana § 25-1-9-18

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 25: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
• Art. 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Ch. 9: Health Professions Standards of Practice

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(a) If the insurance commissioner forwards to
the board the name of a practitioner under IC 34-18-9-4(a) (or IC 27-12-9-4(a) before its repeal), the board shall consider whether:
(1) the practitioner has become unfit to practice under section 4
of this chapter; and
(2) a complaint should be filed under IC 25-1-7-4.
(b) If the board determines that a complaint should be filed under
subsection (a), the board must report to the consumer protection
division whether the board will schedule the matter:
(1) for informal negotiation under IC 25-1-7-6;
(2) on the board's agenda for a vote requesting that the attorney
general prosecute the matter before the board under IC 25-1-7-7;
or
(3) on the board's agenda for a vote on summary suspension of the
practitioner's license pending prosecution of the matter before the
board under IC 25-1-7-7.
(c) A board may designate a board member or staff member to act
on behalf of the board under this section.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.43-1995, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.1-1998, SEC.131.