GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 452*

Short Title:  State Hospitals/Peer Review/AB.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Martin of Guilford; Albertson, Ballance, Dannelly, Forrester, Gulley, Hoyle, Jordan, Kinnaird, Lucas, Martin of Pitt, Phillips, Plyler, Purcell, Shaw of Cumberland, and Warren.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I.

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March 22, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE STATE HOSPITALS TO SHARE PEER REVIEW INFORMATION WITH ACCREDITING ORGANIZATIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 122C-191 is amended by adding the following new subsections to read:
"( f)	For purposes of this section, the release of any peer review information to any person, including a professional standards review organization, who contracts with an agency of this State or the federal government to perform any peer review function shall not constitute a waiver of any of the privileges granted pursuant to this section.
(g)	Peer review information released to any person, including a professional standards review organization, who contracts with an agency of this State or the federal government to perform any accreditation or certification function shall be limited to that which is reasonably required by the review organization to grant or continue accreditation or certification."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.