C.F.R. » Title 45 » SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 60—NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK › Subpart C—Disclosure of Information by the National Practitioner Data Bank

45 C.F.R. § 60.17

Information which hospitals must request from the National Practitioner Data Bank

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(a) When information must be requested. Each hospital, either directly or through an authorized agent, must request information from the NPDB concerning a health care practitioner, as follows:

(1) At the time a health care practitioner applies for a position on its medical staff (courtesy or otherwise) or for clinical privileges at the hospital; and

(2) Every 2 years for any health care practitioner who is on its medical staff (courtesy or otherwise) or has clinical privileges at the hospital.

(b) Failure to request information. Any hospital which does not request the information as required in paragraph (a) of this section is presumed to have knowledge of any information reported to the NPDB concerning this health care practitioner.

(c) Reliance on the obtained information. Each hospital may rely upon the information provided by the NPDB to the hospital. A hospital shall not be held liable for this reliance unless the hospital has knowledge that the information provided was false.

[78 FR 20484, Apr. 5, 2013, 78 FR 25860, May 6, 2013]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2016–2022 · leading case: Klaine v. S. Illinois Hosp. Servs., 2016 IL 118217 (Ill. 2016).
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Klaine v. S. Illinois Hosp. Servs., 2016 IL 118217 (Ill. 2016). “” 45 C.F.R. § 60.17 (a)(1), (2) (2013). In addition, section 60.”
Wisner v. Dignity Health CA3 (Cal. Ct. App. 2022). “§ 11137 (a); 45 C.F.R. §§ 60.17 , 60.18.) The HCQIA provides immunity for any person or entity who makes a report to the NPDB, except when the report was knowingly false.”
Wisner v. Dignity Health (Cal. Ct. App. 2022). “§ 11137 (a); 45 C.F.R. §§ 60.17 , 60.18.) The HCQIA provides immunity for any person or entity who makes a report to the NPDB, except when the report was knowingly false.”
Naini v. King Cnty. Hosp. Dist. No 2 (W.D. Wash. 2019). “§ 11135 (a); 45 C.F.R. § 60.17 . Thus, to obtain 4 privileges at another hospital, Plaintiff would have to overcome the stigma created by an 5 investigation into his competence and professional conduct.”
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