§ 34-18-9-4 Fitness reviews of health care providers

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34-18-9-4 Fitness reviews of health care providers

    Sec. 4. (a) The medical review panel (as described in IC 34-18-10) shall make a separate determination, at the time that it renders its opinion under IC 34-18-10-22, as to whether the name of the defendant health care provider should be forwarded to the appropriate board of professional registration for review of the health care provider's fitness to practice the health care provider's profession. The commissioner shall forward the name of the defendant health care provider if the medical review panel unanimously determines that it should be forwarded. The medical review panel determination concerning the forwarding of the name of the defendant health care provider is not admissible as evidence in a civil action. In each case involving review of a health care provider's fitness to practice forwarded under this section, the appropriate board of professional registration and examination may, in appropriate cases, take the following disciplinary action:

        (1) censure;

        (2) imposition of probation for a determinate period;

        (3) suspension of the health care provider's license for a determinate period; or

        (4) revocation of the license.

    (b) Review of the health care provider's fitness to practice shall be conducted in accordance with IC 4-21.5.

    (c) The appropriate board of professional registration and examination shall report to the commissioner the board's findings, the action taken, and the final disposition of each case involving review of a health care provider's fitness to practice forwarded under this section.