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2017 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 216C - MEDICAL REVIEW PANELS
.180 Opinion of medical review panel after submission of all evidence -- Conclusion to be reached by majority of voting panel members -- Effect of opinion.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 216C.180 (2017)
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216C.180 Opinion of medical review panel after submission of all evidence -Conclusion to be reached by majority of voting panel members -- Effect of opinion. (1) (2) (3) (4) The panel has the sole duty to express the panels opinion as to whether or not the evidence supports the conclusion that a defendant or defendants acted or failed to act within the appropriate standards of care as charged in the complaint and whether any such failure was a substantial factor in providing a negative outcome for that patient. After reviewing all evidence, the panel shall, within thirty (30) days of receipt of the defendants' evidence submitted under KRS 216C.160, give as to each defendant one (1) of the following opinions, which shall be in writing and signed by the panelists: (a) The evidence supports the conclusion that the specifically identified defendant failed to comply with the appropriate standard of care as charged in the complaint and the conduct was a substantial factor in producing a negative outcome for the patient; (b) The evidence supports the conclusion that the specifically identified defendant failed to comply with the appropriate standard of care as charged in the complaint, but the conduct was not a substantial factor in producing a negative outcome for the patient; or (c) The evidence does not support the conclusion that the specifically identified defendant failed to meet the applicable standard of care as charged in the complaint. In order to give the opinion of the panel in accordance with subsection (2) of this section, two (2) or more of the members of the panel shall agree on the conclusion. After the panel gives its opinion as to each defendant, the panel is dissolved and shall take no further action. Effective:June 29, 2017 History: Created 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 19, effective June 29, 2017.
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