§11115 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

Keeps current laws and protections as they are. States can give more legal protections to people who take part in official reviews of medical care, and this does not change that. Hospitals and other health care groups are not required to give permission to treat patients to every class or type of doctor or licensed practitioner. Rules about reviews of nurses and other non-doctor health professionals are not changed. Patients still have the same rights to seek help or compensation if they are harmed by careless medical care, and health workers and facilities keep any defenses or protections they already have.

Title 42, §11115

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(a)Except as specifically provided in this subchapter, nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as changing the liabilities or immunities under law or as preempting or overriding any State law which provides incentives, immunities, or protection for those engaged in a professional review action that is in addition to or greater than that provided by this subchapter.

(b)Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as requiring health care entities to provide clinical privileges to any or all classes or types of physicians or other licensed health care practitioners.

(c)Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as affecting, or modifying any provision of Federal or State law, with respect to activities of professional review bodies regarding nurses, other licensed health care practitioners, or other health professionals who are not physicians.

(d)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting in any manner the rights and remedies afforded patients under any provision of Federal or State law to seek redress for any harm or injury suffered as a result of negligent treatment or care by any physician, health care practitioner, or health care entity, or as limiting any defenses or immunities available to any physician, health care practitioner, or health care entity.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1989—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–239 added Pub. L. 100–177, § 402(c), see 1987 Amendment note below. 1987—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–177, § 402(c), as added by Pub. L. 101–239, inserted before period at end “or as preempting or overriding any State law which provides incentives, immunities, or protection for those engaged in a professional review action that is in addition to or greater than that provided by this subchapter”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1987 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 100–177 effective Nov. 14, 1986, see section 402(d) of Pub. L. 100–177, as renumbered and amended, set out as a note under section 11137 of this title.

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