New Hampshire Revised Statutes 153-A:9 – Proceedings Confidential; Liability
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I. As used in this section, “records” means records of interviews and all reports, statements, minutes, memoranda, charts, statistics, and other documentation generated during the activities carried out by the trauma medical review committee and its subcommittees under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 153-A:8, V(b) and (c). Records shall not mean original medical records or other records kept relative to any patient in the course of the business of operating a hospital or an emergency medical service unit.
II. Records of the trauma medical review committee shall be confidential and privileged and shall be protected from direct or indirect means of discovery, subpoena, or admission into evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding.
III. No hospital, trustee, medical staff, employee of a hospital, nor any emergency medical service unit or volunteer or employee of a unit shall be held liable in any action for damages or other relief arising from the provision of information to the trauma medical review committee.
II. Records of the trauma medical review committee shall be confidential and privileged and shall be protected from direct or indirect means of discovery, subpoena, or admission into evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 153-A:9
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- 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.
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
III. No hospital, trustee, medical staff, employee of a hospital, nor any emergency medical service unit or volunteer or employee of a unit shall be held liable in any action for damages or other relief arising from the provision of information to the trauma medical review committee.