By Ms. Menard, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate,
No. 1235) of Joan M. Menard for legislation relative to
the expansion of medical peer review. Public Health.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of section 204 the following :
(f) The provisions of this section shall apply to any individual or group that forms a committee to perform the duties of a medical peer review committee, notwithstanding the fact that the formation of the committee is not required by law or regulation or that the individual or group is not affiliated with a public hospital or licensed hospital or nursing home or health maintenance organization.