Sec. 5. An:
(1) entity administering a quality review program before July 1, 2012, or a peer review program after June 30, 2012;
(2) officer, member, or employee of an entity administering a quality review program before July 1, 2012, or a peer review program after June 30, 2012;
(3) employee or member of a quality review committee before July 1, 2012, or a peer review committee after June 30, 2012; and
(4) entity in which or for which a member of a quality review committee (before July 1, 2012) or peer review committee (after June 30, 2012) is a sole proprietor, a partner, a shareholder, a member, or an employee;
is immune from civil liability that would otherwise arise from communications, supervision, findings, recommendations, evaluations, reports, opinions, or other actions taken or omissions occurring in good faith in the course and scope of the duties of a quality review administering entity (before July 1, 2012) or peer review administering entity (after June 30, 2012) or a quality review committee (before July 1, 2012) or peer review committee (after June 30, 2012) that arise under this article, including the rules adopted by the board. The immunity granted under this section includes immunity for an act or omission related to any part of a quality review conducted under this article before July 1, 2012, that becomes part of a peer review conducted or peer review report issued after June 30, 2012.
As added by P.L.197-2011, SEC.84.
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