RELEASE OF INFORMATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
Act 270 of 1967
331.532 Release or publication of proceedings, reports, findings, and conclusions of review entity; purposes; release of department of corrections' records regarding prisoners to legislative corrections ombudsman.
Sec. 2.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the release or publication of a record of the proceedings or of the reports, findings, and conclusions of a review entity shall be for 1 or more of the following purposes:
(a) To advance health care research or health care education.
(b) To maintain the standards of the health care professions.
(c) To protect the financial integrity of any governmentally funded program.
(d) To provide evidence relating to the ethics or discipline of a health care provider, entity, or practitioner.
(e) To review the qualifications, competence, and performance of a health care professional with respect to the selection and appointment of the health care professional to the medical staff of a health facility.
(f) To comply with section 20175 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20175.
(2) The review entity responsible for mortality and morbidity records, reports, findings, and conclusions regarding prisoners under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections shall release those records, reports, findings, and conclusions to the legislative corrections ombudsman to the extent required under section 5 of 1975 PA 46, MCL 4.355.
History: 1967, Act 270, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1967 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 190, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 119, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1975 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 11, 1980 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 215, Imd. Eff. Oct. 9, 1992 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 86, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 286, Imd. Eff. Dec. 16, 2010
Notes of Decisions
Attorney Gen. v. Bruce, 369 N.W.2d 826 (Mich. 1985).
· cites it 14× “[MCL 331.532; MSA 14.57(22).] The subpoena indeed may have requested information for permissible purposes, i.”
Feyz v. Mercy Mem'l Hosp., 719 N.W.2d 1 (Mich. 2006).
· cites it 4× “Finally, subject to MCL 331.532 [55] and MCL 331.533, [56] immunity applies to those who release or publish a record of peer review proceedings, or the reports, findings, or conclusions of a review entity.”
Dye v. St. John Hosp. & Med. Ctr., 584 N.W.2d 747 (Mich. Ct. App. 1998).
· cites it 16× “216, which states, in pertinent part, that "[e]xcept as otherwise provided in section 2, the record of a proceeding and the reports, findings, and conclusions of a review entity and data collected by or for a review entity under this act are confidential, are not public records,…”
Long v. Chelsea Cmty. Hosp., 557 N.W.2d 157 (Mich. Ct. App. 1997).
“(c) For releasing or publishing a record of the proceedings, or the reports, findings, or conclusions of a review entity, subject to [MCL 331.532; MSA 14.57(22) and MCL 331.533; MSA 14.”
Regualos v. Cmty. Hosp., 364 N.W.2d 723 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985).
“” MCL 331.532; MSA 14.57(22) provides: "The release or publication of the proceedings, reports, findings, and conclusions of a review entity shall be for 1 or more of the following purposes; "(a) To advance health care research or health care education.”
Mark Rasak Do v. Botsford Gen. Hosp. (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 2× “533, states that “[e]xcept [for certain purposes stated in MCL 331.532], the record of a proceeding and the reports, findings, and conclusions of a review entity and data collected by or for a review entity under this act are confidential, are not public records, and are not…”
Bruce B Feyz v. Mercy Mem'l Hosp (Mich. 2006).
“55 MCL 331.532 provides that the release or publication of peer review records, reports, findings, and conclusions shall be only for the following purposes: (1) advancing health care research or education, (2) maintaining the standards of health care professions, (3) protecting…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.532(d) — 1 case
Attorney Gen. v. Bruce, 369 N.W.2d 826 (Mich. 1985).
“[MCL 331.532; MSA 14.57(22).] The subpoena indeed may have requested information for permissible purposes, i.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.532(e) — 1 case
Dye v. St. John Hosp. & Med. Ctr., 584 N.W.2d 747 (Mich. Ct. App. 1998).
“216, which states, in pertinent part, that "[e]xcept as otherwise provided in section 2, the record of a proceeding and the reports, findings, and conclusions of a review entity and data collected by or for a review entity under this act are confidential, are not public records,…”
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