(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter:
(1) a dental peer review committee’s proceedings and records are confidential; and
(2) communications made to a dental peer review committee are privileged.
(b) If a court makes a preliminary finding that the proceedings or records of or the communications made to a dental peer review committee are relevant to an anticompetitive action or an action brought under federal civil rights provisions (42 U.S.C. § 1983), the proceedings, records, or communications are not confidential to the extent they are relevant to the action.