Nebraska Statutes 8-2003. Compliance review documents; confidentiality, exception; use in evidence
Except as provided in section 8-2004 :
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 8-2003
- Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
(1) Compliance review documents are confidential and are not discoverable or admissible in evidence in any civil action arising out of matters evaluated by the compliance review committee. Compliance review committee members shall treat compliance review documents and all proceedings of the compliance review committee as confidential and shall not be compelled to testify regarding such confidential documents or proceedings in any civil action arising out of matters evaluated by the compliance review committee, except that information, documents, or records otherwise available from original sources are not to be construed as immune from discovery or admissibility in any civil action merely because such information, documents, or records were evaluated by the compliance review committee; and
(2) Compliance review documents delivered to a federal or state governmental agency are to remain confidential and are not discoverable or admissible in evidence in any civil action arising out of matters evaluated by the compliance review committee.