Sec. 4. (a) The medical review panel (as described in IC 34-18-10 ) shall make a separate determination, at the time that it renders its opinion under IC 34-18-10-22 , as to whether the name of the defendant health care provider should be forwarded to the appropriate board of professional registration for review of the health care provider's fitness to practice the health care provider's profession. The commissioner shall forward the name of the defendant health care provider if the medical review panel unanimously determines that it should be forwarded. The medical review panel determination concerning the forwarding of the name of the defendant health care provider is not admissible as evidence in a civil action. In each case involving review of a health care provider's fitness to practice forwarded under this section, the appropriate board of professional registration and examination may, in appropriate cases, take the following disciplinary action: (1) censure; (2) imposition of probation for a determinate period; (3) suspension of the health care provider's license for a determinate period; or (4) revocation of the license. (b) Review of the health care provider's fitness to practice shall be conducted in accordance with IC 4-21.5 . (c) The appropriate board of professional registration and examination shall report to the commissioner the board's findings, the action taken, and the final disposition of each case involving review of a health care provider's fitness to practice forwarded under this section. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-9-4.] IC 34-18-10 Chapter 10. Medical Review Panel 34-18-10-1 Establishment of medical review panels 34-18-10-2 Request for formation of panels 34-18-10-3 Members; chairman; powers and duties 34-18-10-4 Selection of panel members 34-18-10-5 Eligibility for panel membership 34-18-10-6 Selection of members by parties 34-18-10-7 Selection of panel members by multiple parties 34-18-10-8 Panelists to be members of defendant's profession 34-18-10-9 Selection periods; notification; selections by chairman 34-18-10-10 Challenges to panel member selections 34-18-10-11 Formation of panel; notice to commissioner and parties 34-18-10-12 Excusing members from service 34-18-10-13 Panel expert opinion; time for issuance 34-18-10-14 Sanction for failure to act as required by chapter 34-18-10-15 Removal of chairman 34-18-10-16 Removal of panel member 34-18-10-17 Evidence; oath 34-18-10-18 Communication with panel by parties or their agents prohibited 34-18-10-19 Preparation of opinion by chairman 34-18-10-20 Convening and questioning of panel 34-18-10-21 Duties of panel in conduct of inquiry; access to information 34-18-10-22 Expert opinions 34-18-10-23 Report of panel as evidence at trial; members as witnesses 34-18-10-24 Immunity from civil liability 34-18-10-25 Compensation of members 34-18-10-26 Copies of reports
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