North Dakota Code § 23-34-03

Peer review records - Privileged - Exceptions
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1. Peer review records are privileged and are not subject to subpoena or discovery or 
introduction into evidence in any civil or administrative action, except:
a. Records gathered from an original source that is not a peer review organization;
b. Testimony from any person as to matters within that person's knowledge, 
provided the information was not obtained by the person as a result of the 
person's participation in a professional peer review; or
c. Peer review records subpoenaed in an investigation conducted by an 
investigative panel of the North Dakota board of medicine pursuant to chapter 
43-17.1 or subpoenaed in a disciplinary action before the North Dakota board of 
medicine pursuant to section 43-17-30.1.
2. Any peer review records provided to an investigative panel of the North Dakota board 
of medicine or introduced as evidence in any disciplinary action before the board are 
confidential and are not subject to subpoena, discovery, or admissibility into evidence 
in any civil or administrative action, and are not public records subject to section 
44-04-18 and section 6 of article XI of the Constitution of North Dakota.

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