2005 Idaho Code - 54-1818 — REPORTING OF VIOLATIONS BY PHYSICIANS

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 18
                           PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
    54-1818.  REPORTING OF VIOLATIONS BY PHYSICIANS. A licensed physician and
surgeon possessing knowledge of a violation of section 54-1814, Idaho Code, by
any other physician and surgeon licensed to practice medicine in Idaho shall
with reasonable promptness report such knowledge to the board of medicine or
its duly authorized committee, agency or representative, and failure to do so
shall subject such person to disciplinary action by the state board of
medicine as in its discretion the board shall deem proper, pursuant to
procedures provided in chapter 18, title 54, Idaho Code; provided, no person
shall be civilly liable for communications, reports or acts of any kind made,
given or handled under the provisions of this act. However, notwithstanding
the foregoing, no physician or surgeon shall be required to report, nor shall
any physician or surgeon report, any information known, learned or discovered
by that physician or surgeon as a result of participation in peer review or
access to peer review records, as defined in section 39-1392a, Idaho Code.
This provision shall not relieve a health care organization of its
notification obligations as set forth in section 39-1393, Idaho Code.