Title 23 — Health and Safety
97 chapters · 659 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 23-34-01 Definitions
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As used in this chapter: 1. "Health care organization" means: a. A hospital; b. A hospital medical staff; c. A clinic; d. A long-term or extended care facility; e. An ambulatory surgery center; f. An emergency medical services unit; g. A physician; h. A group of physicians operat…
N.D.C.C. § 23-34-02 Peer review records - Confidentiality
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1. Peer review records are confidential and may be used by a peer review organization and the organization members only for conducting a professional peer review. 2. A health care organization may release reports, data compilations, analyses, and summaries, which are prepared by …
N.D.C.C. § 23-34-02.1 Peer review organization reports - Admissibility
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Any report, data, data compilation, analyses, or summary that is generated by a peer review organization and made available to the department of health and human services or the public by the department of health and human services, the North Dakota hospital association, or the N…
N.D.C.C. § 23-34-03 Peer review records - Privileged - Exceptions
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1. Peer review records are privileged and are not subject to subpoena or discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil or administrative action, except: a. Records gathered from an original source that is not a peer review organization; b. Testimony from any person as to m…
N.D.C.C. § 23-34-04 Peer review organization - Mandatory reports - Penalty
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1. A peer review organization shall report to an investigative panel of the North Dakota board of medicine any information that indicates a probable violation of subdivision d, e, p, or q of subsection 1 of section 43-17-31. 2. A health care organization is guilty of a class B mi…
N.D.C.C. § 23-34-05 Liability of health care provider to patient
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This chapter does not relieve any health care provider of any liability that the provider has incurred or may incur to a patient as a result of furnishing health care services to the patient.
N.D.C.C. § 23-34-06 Limitation of liability
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1. A person furnishing peer review records to a peer review organization with respect to any patient examined or treated by a health care provider is not, by reason of furnishing the records, liable in damages to any person or for willful violation of a privileged communication. …