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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 157
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(i) The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to ensure
compliance with the provisions of § 19-319 of the Health - General Article;
(ii) A health maintenance organization to ensure compliance with
the provisions of Title 19, Subtitle 7 of the Health - General Article and applicable
regulations;
(iii) A health maintenance organization to ensure compliance with
the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) credentialing requirements;
or
(iv) An accrediting organization to ensure compliance ''with
accreditation requirements or the procedures and policies of the accrediting
organization.
(3) If the proceedings, records, and files of a medical review committee
are requested by any person from any of the entities in paragraph (2) of this
subsection:
(i) The person shall give the medical review committee notice by
certified mail of the nature of the request and the medical review committee shall be'
granted a protective order preventing the release of its proceedings, records, and files;
and
(ii) The entities listed in paragraph (2) of this subsection may not
release any of the proceedings, records, and files of the medical review committee.
(e) Subsection (d)(1) of this section does not apply to:
(1) A civil action brought by a party to the proceedings of the medical
review committee who claims to be aggrieved by the decision of the medical review
committee; or
(2) Any record or document that is considered by the medical review
committee and that otherwise would be subject to discovery and introduction into
evidence in a civil trial.
(f) A person shall have the immunity from liability described under § 5-637 of
the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article for any action as a member of the medical
review committee or for giving information to, participating in, or contributing to the
function of the medical review committee.
(g) Notwithstanding this section, §§ 14-410 and 14-412 of this title apply to:
(1) The Board; and
(2) Any other entity, to the extent that it is acting in an investigatory
capacity for the Board.
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