§466-13 - Quality review committee. - Hawaii Statutes

     §466-13  Quality review committee.  The board may appoint a quality review committee to review the publicly available professional work of firms on a random basis, without any requirement of a formal complaint or suspicion of impropriety on the part of any particular firm.  The identity of the person for whom the professional work is done shall be preserved in confidence.  In the event the review discloses information that a firm has not met the appropriate professional standards, the board may require further investigation of the firm.

     Neither the proceedings nor the records of the quality review committees shall be subject to discovery.  Except as hereinafter provided, no person in attendance at a meeting of the committee shall be required to testify as to what transpired at the meeting; provided that the statements made by any person in attendance at the meeting who is a party to an action or proceeding the subject matter of which was reviewed at the meeting, shall be subject to discovery. [L 1989, c 110, pt of §2]