Title 6 — ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES

6-1001. Hearing panel for prelitigation consideration of medical malpractice claims — Procedure. The Idaho state board of medicine, in alleged malpractice cases involving claims for damages against physicians and surgeons practicing in the state of Idaho or against licensed acute…

6-1002. Appointment and composition of hearing panel. The board of medicine shall provide for and appoint an appropriate panel or panels to accept and hear complaints of such negligence and damages, made by or on behalf of any patient who is an alleged victim of such negligence. …

6-1003. Informal proceedings. There shall be no record of such proceedings and all evidence, documents and exhibits shall, at the close thereof, be returned to the parties or witnesses from whom the same were secured. The hearing panel shall have the authority to issue subpoenas …

6-1004. Advisory decisions of panel. At the close of proceedings the panel, by majority and minority reports or by unanimous report, as the case may be, shall provide the parties its comments and observations with respect to the dispute, indicating whether the matter appears to b…

6-1005. Tolling of limitation periods during pendency of proceedings. There shall be no judicial or other review or appeal of such matters. No party shall be obliged to comply with or otherwise affected or prejudiced by the proposals, conclusions or suggestions of the panel or an…

6-1006. Stay of other court proceedings in interest of hearing before panel. During said thirty (30) day period neither party shall commence or prosecute litigation involving the issues submitted to the panel and the district or other courts having jurisdiction of any pending suc…

6-1007. Service of claim on accused provider of health care. At the commencement of such proceedings and reasonably in advance of any hearing or testimony, the accused provider of health care in all cases shall be served a true copy of the claim to be processed which claim shall …

6-1008. Confidentiality of proceedings. Neither party shall be entitled, except upon special order of the panel, to attend and participate in the proceedings which shall be subject to disclosure according to chapter 1, title 74, Idaho Code, and closed to public observation at all…

6-1009. Representation of parties by counsel. Parties may be represented by counsel in proceedings before such panels, though it shall not be required.

6-1010. Fees for panel members. The Idaho state board of medicine shall provide, by uniform policy of the board, for the payment of fees and expenses of members of panels, such payment to be made from the occupational licenses fund. Panel members shall serve upon the sworn commit…

6-1011. Limit on duration of proceedings — Panel’s jurisdiction. There shall be no repeat or reopening of panel proceedings. In no case shall a panel retain jurisdiction of any such claim in excess of ninety (90) days from date of commencement of proceedings. If at the end of suc…

6-1012. Proof of community standard of health care practice in malpractice case. In any case, claim or action for damages due to injury to or death of any person, brought against any physician and surgeon or other provider of health care, including, without limitation, any dentis…

6-1013. Testimony of expert witness on community standard. The applicable standard of practice and such a defendant’s failure to meet said standard must be established in such cases by such a plaintiff by testimony of one (1) or more knowledgeable, competent expert witnesses, and…

6-1014. Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act and other metrics not used to establish community standard. (1) In determining whether a health care practitioner has met a standard of care under this chapter or under any other Idaho statute, no criteria, guideline, standard or…