§ 34-18-9-4 — Fitness reviews of health care providers

Indiana § 34-18-9-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 18: MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
• Ch. 9: Reporting and Review of Claims

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(a) The medical review panel (as described in
IC 34-18-10) shall make a separate determination, at the time that it
renders its opinion under IC 34-18-10-22, as to whether the name of the
defendant health care provider should be forwarded to the appropriate
board of professional registration for review of the health care
provider's fitness to practice the health care provider's profession. The
commissioner shall forward the name of the defendant health care
provider if the medical review panel unanimously determines that it
should be forwarded. The medical review panel determination
concerning the forwarding of the name of the defendant health care
provider is not admissible as evidence in a civil action. In each case
involving review of a health care provider's fitness to practice
forwarded under this section, the appropriate board of professional
registration and examination may, in appropriate cases, take the
following disciplinary action:
(1) censure;
(2) imposition of probation for a determinate period;
(3) suspension of the health care provider's license for a
determinate period; or
(4) revocation of the license.
(b) Review of the health care provider's fitness to practice shall be
conducted in accordance with IC 4-21.5.
(c) The appropriate board of professional registration and
examination shall report to the commissioner the board's findings, the
action taken, and the final disposition of each case involving review of
a health care provider's fitness to practice forwarded under this section.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-9-4.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.111-1998, SEC.12.