(a) The state society or any county society or any physician or hospital shall within thirty days, and the board or any individual may, file a petition when such society, physician or hospital or said board or individual has any information which appears to show that a physician is or may be unable to practice medicine with reasonable skill or safety for any of the reasons listed in § 20-13c. Petitions shall be filed with the Department of Public Health on forms supplied by the department, shall be signed and sworn and shall set forth in detail the matters complained of.

(b) Any health care facility licensed under § 19a-493 which terminates or restricts the staff membership or privileges of any physician shall, not later than fifteen days after the effective date of such action, notify the department of such action.

(c) The department shall notify any health care facility licensed under § 19a-493 if the board suspends, revokes or otherwise restricts the license of any physician. The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to implement a system of notification in accordance with the provisions of this subsection.

(d) A physician shall report to the department any disciplinary action similar to an action specified in subsection (a) of § 19a-17 taken against him by a duly authorized professional disciplinary agency of any other state, the District of Columbia, a United States possession or territory, or a foreign jurisdiction, within thirty days of such action. Failure to so report may constitute a ground for disciplinary action under § 20-13c.