2020 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 32: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 145: INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT
32 §18509. Coordinated information system
§18509. Coordinated information system
1. Database. The interstate commission shall establish a database of all physicians licensed or who have applied for licensure under section 18506.
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2. Public action or complaint. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member board shall report to the interstate commission any public action or complaint against a physician licensed by that member board who has applied for or received an expedited license through the compact.
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3. Disciplinary or investigatory information. A member board shall report disciplinary or investigatory information determined as necessary and proper by rule of the interstate commission.
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4. Other reports. A member board may report any nonpublic complaint, disciplinary or investigatory information not required to be reported by subsection 3 to the interstate commission.
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5. Information sharing. A member board shall share complaint or disciplinary information about a physician upon request of another member board.
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6. Confidentiality. Information provided to the interstate commission or distributed by a member board is confidential within the meaning of Title 1, section 402, subsection 3, paragraph A and may be used only for investigatory or disciplinary matters under sections 18510 and 18511.
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7. Rules. The interstate commission is authorized to adopt rules pursuant to section 18516 regarding mandated or discretionary sharing of information by member boards.
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SECTION HISTORY
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