§ 35-2-618 — Medical staff committees; record confidentiality

(a) All reports, findings, proceedings and data of medical
staff committees shall be confidential and privileged. No claim
or action shall accrue against any hospital, medical staff
member or any employee of either arising out of the denial of
staff privileges to any applicant or out of the suspension of,
expulsion of or any other restrictive or disciplinary action
against any medical staff member or hospital employee unless the
action is arbitrary, capricious and without foundation in fact.
(b) For the purpose of subsection (a) of this section,
"medical staff committee" means any committee within a hospital,
consisting of medical staff members or hospital personnel, which
is engaged in supervision, discipline, admission, privileges or
control of members of the hospital's medical staff, evaluation
and review of medical care, utilization of the hospital
facilities or professional training.