68-11-218 - Disciplinary action reports. - Tennessee Statutes

68-11-218. Disciplinary action reports.

(a)  (1)  The chief administrative official of each hospital or other health care facility shall report to the board of medical examiners any disciplinary action taken concerning any physician, when such action is related to professional ethics, medical incompetence, moral turpitude, or drug or alcohol abuse.

     (2)  Disciplinary action shall include termination, reduction or resignation of hospital privileges for any of the reasons listed in subdivision (a)(1).

     (3)  The report shall be in writing and made within sixty (60) days of the date of the action.

(b)  (1)  Any professional society within this state, comprised primarily of physicians, that takes formal disciplinary action against a member pursuant to § 63-6-219, shall report the action to the board of medical examiners, when the action taken is related to professional ethics, medical incompetence, moral turpitude or drug or alcohol abuse.

     (2)  This report shall be in writing and made within sixty (60) days of the action.

(c)  The hospital or professional society shall make available to the board of medical examiners, for examination, any and all records pertaining to the disciplinary action taken, notwithstanding § 63-6-219 to the contrary.

(d)  Any individual who, as a member of any committee or employee of any hospital or professional society, as defined in § 63-6-219, files a report pursuant to this section, shall be immune from liability as provided in § 63-6-219(b).

[Acts 1976, ch. 631, § 1; 1980, ch. 522, § 1; T.C.A., § 53-1330; Acts 2004, ch. 745, § 1.]