2018 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 216C - MEDICAL REVIEW PANELS (DECLARED VOID IN ITS ENTIRETY BY THE KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT)
.060 Composition of medical review panels -- Expediting of review of proposed complaint -- Time allowed for presentation of evidence. (Declared void – See LRC Note Below)

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 216C.060 (2018)

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216C.060 Composition of medical review panels -- Expediting of review of proposed complaint -- Time allowed for presentation of evidence. (Declared void â€“ See LRC Note Below) (1) (2) (3) A medical review panel shall consist of one (1) attorney and three (3) health care providers eligible to serve under KRS 216C.080. The attorney member of the medical review panel shall act as chairperson of the panel and in an advisory capacity, but shall not vote. The chairperson of the medical review panel shall expedite the selection of the other panel members, convene the panel, and expedite the panel's review of the proposed complaint. The chairperson may establish a reasonable schedule for submission of evidence to the medical review panel, but shall allow reasonable time for the parties to make full and adequate presentation of related facts and authorities in accordance with this chapter. Effective: June 29, 2017 History: Created 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 7, effective June 29, 2017. Legislative Research Commission Note (11/15/2018). On November 15, 2018, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that the 2017 Medical Review Panel Act, of which this section is part, violated Kentucky Constitution Section 14's guarantee of a right of access to the courts to obtain a remedy for injury and is, therefore, void in its entirety.

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