§ 43-17.5-08 — Data system

North Dakota § 43-17.5-08

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 43: Occupations and Professions
• Ch. 43-17.5: Physician Assistant Licensure Compact

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1. The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and
utilization of a coordinated data and reporting system containing licensure, adverse
action, and the reporting of the existence of significant investigative information on all
licensed physician assistants and applicants denied a license in participating states.
2. Notwithstanding any other state law to the contrary, a participating state shall submit a
uniform data set to the data system on all physician assistants to whom this compact
is applicable, utilizing a unique identifier, as required by the rules of the commission,
including:
a. Identifying information;
b. Licensure data;
c. Adverse actions against a license or compact privilege;
d. Any denial of application for licensure, and the reasons for such denial, excluding
the reporting of any criminal history record information where prohibited by law;
e. The existence of significant investigative information; and
f. Other information that may facilitate the administration of this compact, as
determined by the rules of the commission.
3. Significant investigative information pertaining to a licensee in any participating state
must only be available to other participating states.
4. The commission shall promptly notify all participating states of any adverse action
taken against a licensee or an individual applying for a license which has been
reported to it. This adverse action information must be available to any other
participating state.
5. Participating states contributing information to the data system may, in accordance
with state or federal law, designate information that may not be shared with the public
without the express permission of the contributing state. Notwithstanding any such
designation, such information must be reported to the commission through the data
system.
6. Any information submitted to the data system which is subsequently expunged
pursuant to federal law or the laws of the participating state contributing the
information must be removed from the data system upon reporting of such by the
participating state to the commission.
7. The records and information provided to a participating state pursuant to this compact
or through the data system, when certified by the commission or an agent thereof,
constitutes the authenticated business records of the commission, and is entitled to
any associated hearsay exception in any relevant judicial, quasi-judicial, or
administrative proceedings in a participating state.