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

§ 68-11-218. Disciplinary action reports.

The chief administrative official of each hospital or other health care facility shall report to the respective licensing board, committee, council, or agency any disciplinary action taken concerning any person licensed under title 63 or this title, when such action is related to professional ethics, professional incompetence or negligence, moral turpitude, or drug or alcohol abuse. “Disciplinary action” shall include termination, suspension, reduction, or resignation of hospital privileges for any of the reasons listed in subdivision (a)(1). The report shall be in writing and made within sixty (60) days of the date of the action. The hospital or health care facility shall make available to the respective licensing board, committee, council, or agency, for examination, all records pertaining to the disciplinary action taken, notwithstanding § 63-1-150, § 63-6-228, or any other provision to the contrary. Any individual who, as a member of any committee, employee, or contractor of any hospital or health care facility, files a report pursuant to this section, shall be immune from liability to the extent provided in § 63-1-150. Acts 1976, ch. 631, § 1; 1980, ch. 522, § 1; T.C.A., § 53-1330; Acts 2004, ch. 745, § 1; 2017, ch. 4, §§ 8-10; 2017, ch. 240, § 5. Amendments. The 2017 amendment by ch. 4, effective March 15, 2017 until May 2, 2017, in (b)(1) and (c), substituted “§ 63-1-150 ” for “§ 63-6-219 [repealed]”; and in (d) added “quality improvement”, substituted “healthcare organization” for “hospital or professional society”, substituted “§ 63-1-150 ” for “§ 63-6-219 [repealed], and substituted “§ 63-1-150” for § 63-6-219(b) [repealed].” The 2017 amendment by ch. 4, as amended by ch. 240, effective May 2, 2017, rewrote the section which read: “(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 § 63-1-150 , 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 § 63-1-150 to the contrary.“(d) Any individual who, as a member of any quality improvement committee or employee of any healthcare organization, as defined in § 63-1-150, files a report pursuant to this section, shall be immune from liability as provided in § 63-1-150. Effective Dates. Acts 2017, ch. 4, § 11. March 15, 2017. Acts 2017, ch. 240, § 6. May 2, 2017.