71-7903 Peer review committee; privileged communications; exceptions. - Nebraska Statutes

71-7903. Peer review committee; privileged communications; exceptions.The proceedings, minutes, records, and reports of any peer review committee as described in section 71-7901, together with all communications originating in such committees, are privileged communications which may not be disclosed or obtained by legal discovery proceedings unless (1) the privilege is waived by the patient and (2) a court of record, after a hearing and for good cause arising from extraordinary circumstances being shown, orders the disclosure of such proceedings, minutes, records, reports, or communications. Nothing in sections 71-7901 to 71-7903 shall be construed to provide any privilege regarding medical records kept with respect to any patient in the ordinary course of business of operating a clinic, organization, or association of practitioners or providers, nor to any facts or information contained in such records, nor shall sections 71-7901 to 71-7903 preclude or affect discovery of or production of evidence relating to the treatment of any patient in the ordinary course of treatment of such patient. SourceLaws 1997, LB 222, § 3.