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20-77-2207. Confidentiality.
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20-77-2207. Confidentiality.
(a) To the extent that the data, records, reports, and documents identify or could be used to identify an individual patient, a healthcare provider, an institution, or a health plan, the data, records, reports, and documents collected or compiled by or on behalf of the Healthcare Quality and Payment Policy Advisory Committee are confidential and are not subject to disclosure under state and federal law.
(b) Data, records, reports, and documents collected or compiled by or on behalf of the committee are not admissible in a legal proceeding and are exempt from discovery and disclosure to the same extent that records of and testimony before committees that evaluate the quality of medical or hospital care are exempt under § 16-46-105(a)(1).
(c) A healthcare provider's use of the information in its internal operations does not operate as a waiver of the confidentiality protections under this section.
(d) The committee shall treat data, records, reports, and documents in a manner consistent with state and federal privacy requirements, including without limitation the privacy requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 45 C.F.R. § 164.512(i).
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-77-2207
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20-77-2207. Confidentiality.
(a) To the extent that the data, records, reports, and documents identify or could be used to identify an individual patient, a healthcare provider, an institution, or a health plan, the data, records, reports, and documents collected or compiled by or on behalf of the Healthcare Quality and Payment Policy Advisory Committee are confidential and are not subject to disclosure under state and federal law.
(b) Data, records, reports, and documents collected or compiled by or on behalf of the committee are not admissible in a legal proceeding and are exempt from discovery and disclosure to the same extent that records of and testimony before committees that evaluate the quality of medical or hospital care are exempt under § 16-46-105(a)(1).
(c) A healthcare provider's use of the information in its internal operations does not operate as a waiver of the confidentiality protections under this section.
(d) The committee shall treat data, records, reports, and documents in a manner consistent with state and federal privacy requirements, including without limitation the privacy requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 45 C.F.R. § 164.512(i).
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16-46-105. Records of and testimony before committees reviewing and evaluating quality of medical or hospital care.
(a)(1)(A) The proceedings, minutes, records, or reports of organized committees of hospital medical staffs or medical review committees of local medical societies, or a committee organized by and operating pursuant to a written plan or policy under the auspices of a professional corporation or a professional limited liability company whose members are licensed to practice medicine in this state, having the responsibility for reviewing and evaluating the quality of medical or hospital care, and any records, other than those records described in subsection (c) of this section, compiled or accumulated by the administrative staff of such hospitals or a physician group peer review committee as defined under § 20-9-501 in connection with such review or evaluation, together with all communications or reports originating in such committees, shall not be subject to discovery pursuant to the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure or the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., or admissible in any legal proceeding and shall be absolutely privileged communications.
(B) The submission of such proceedings, minutes, records, reports, and communications to a hospital governing board or physician group peer review committee as defined under § 20-9-501 shall not operate as a waiver of the privilege.
(2) Neither shall testimony as to events occurring during the activities of such committees be subject to discovery pursuant to the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure or the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., or admissible.
(b)(1) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent disclosure of the data mentioned in subsection (a) of t
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-46-105
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