24 §2505. Committee reports - Maine Statutes

Title 24: INSURANCE

Chapter 21: MAINE HEALTH SECURITY ACT

Subchapter 1: PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE REPORTS

§2505. Committee reports

Any professional competence committee within this State and any physician licensed to practice or otherwise lawfully practicing within this State shall, and any other person may, report the relevant facts to the appropriate board relating to the acts of any physician in this State if, in the opinion of the committee, physician or other person, the committee or individual has reasonable knowledge of acts of the physician amounting to gross or repeated medical malpractice, habitual drunkenness, addiction to the use of drugs, professional incompetence, unprofessional conduct or sexual misconduct identified by board rule. The failure of any such professional competence committee or any such physician to report as required is a civil violation for which a fine of not more than $1,000 may be adjudged. [2007, c. 380, §1 (AMD).]

Except for specific protocols developed by a board pursuant to Title 32, section 1073, 2596-A or 3298, a physician, dentist or committee is not responsible for reporting misuse of alcohol or drugs or professional incompetence or malpractice as a result of physical or mental infirmity or by the misuse of alcohol or drugs discovered by the physician, dentist or committee as a result of participation or membership in a professional review committee or with respect to any information acquired concerning misuse of alcohol or drugs or professional incompetence or malpractice as a result of physical or mental infirmity or by the misuse of alcohol or drugs, as long as that information is reported to the professional review committee. Nothing in this section may prohibit an impaired physician or dentist from seeking alternative forms of treatment. [1997, c. 107, §3 (AMD).]

SECTION HISTORY

1967, c. 183, (RPR). 1977, c. 492, §3 (NEW). 1985, c. 185, §2 (AMD). 1993, c. 600, §A18 (AMD). 1997, c. 107, §3 (AMD). 2003, c. 601, §1 (AMD). 2007, c. 380, §1 (AMD).