§ 5-37-9.1. Requirements relating to professional conduct.
The board shall receive and maintain a confidential file, which will be available
to the board to precipitate or aid in their investigations. The information shall
also be available to licensed healthcare facilities including health-maintenance organizations
in connection with the granting of staff privileges and to the individual physicians
themselves and shall be available for inclusion in physician profiles pursuant to
§ 5-37-9.2. The file shall contain the following physician information:
(1) Cases of malpractice suits against a physician as reported
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§ 5-37-9.1. Requirements relating to professional conduct.
The board shall receive and maintain a confidential file, which will be available
to the board to precipitate or aid in their investigations. The information shall
also be available to licensed healthcare facilities including health-maintenance organizations
in connection with the granting of staff privileges and to the individual physicians
themselves and shall be available for inclusion in physician profiles pursuant to
§ 5-37-9.2. The file shall contain the following physician information:
(1) Cases of malpractice suits against a physician as reported to the board by insurers
and self-insurers;
(2) Cases of malpractice suits that result in allegations being dropped, a dismissal,
a settlement, or court judgment or arbitration award adverse to the physician;
(3) Reports by any hospital or state or local professional medical association/society
of disciplinary action taken against any physician. This should also include any resignation
of a physician if related to unprofessional conduct as defined in law or any withdrawal
of an application for hospital privileges relating to unprofessional conduct;
(4) Reports by state and federal courts of physicians found guilty of a felony;
(5) Reports by the professional review organization and third-party health insurers of
sanctions imposed on a physician;
(6) Annual reports by hospitals and health-maintenance organizations of current appointments
to their medical staffs; and
(7) Information supplied to the board by the Federation of State Medical Boards and the
American Medical Association. The file may contain any other data that the board by
reasonable rule or regulation deems appropriate.