§ 144E.32 — Review Organization
Plain-Language Summary
This section defines ambulance service and emergency medical responder quality review committees as 'review organizations' under Minnesota law, extending to them the same confidentiality and legal protections that apply to hospital peer review committees. These groups review patient care records, employee performance, and quality assurance data to improve emergency medical care. Their deliberations and records are protected from being used as evidence in lawsuits.
144E.32 REVIEW ORGANIZATION.
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Subdivision 1.Applicable law.
The provisions of sections 145.61 to 145.67 apply to an ambulance service or first responder review organization. §
Subd. 2.Review organization defined.
A review organization, as defined under section 145.61, includes a committee of an ambulance service provider, a physician medical director, a medical advisor, or ambulance supervisory personnel who gather, create, and review information relating to the care and treatment of patients in providing emergency medical care, including employee performance reviews, quality assurance data, and other ambulance service or emergency medical responder performance data for ambulance services licensed under section 144E.10 or 144E.12 or emergency medical responders registered under section 144E.27, for the purposes specified under section 145.61, subdivision 5.
History:
1999 c 84 s 1; 2012 c 193 s 44
History: History: 1999 c 84 s 1; 2012 c 193 s 44