North Carolina General Statutes 131E-97.2. Confidentiality of credentialing information
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Information acquired by a public hospital, as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-39, a hospital that has been sold or conveyed pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-8, a State-owned or State-operated hospital, or by persons acting for or on behalf of a hospital, in connection with the credentialing and peer review of persons having or applying for privileges to practice in the hospital is confidential and is not a public record under Chapter 132 of the N.C. Gen. Stat.; provided that information otherwise available to the public shall not become confidential merely because it was acquired by the hospital or by persons acting for or on behalf of the hospital. (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 570, s. 10; 1995, c. 509, s. 135.2(r).)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 131E-97.2
- Hospital: means any facility which has an organized medical staff and which is designed, used, and operated to provide health care, diagnostic and therapeutic services, and continuous nursing care primarily to inpatients where such care and services are rendered under the supervision and direction of physicians licensed under Chapter 90 of the N. See North Carolina General Statutes 131E-76