[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR60.1]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 60--NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK FOR ADVERSE INFORMATION ON PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 60.1  The National Practitioner Data Bank.


    The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (the Act), title IV 
of Pub. L. 99-660, as amended, authorizes

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the Secretary to establish (either directly or by contract) a National 
Practitioner Data Bank to collect and release certain information 
relating to the professional competence and conduct of physicians, 
dentists and other health care practitioners. These regulations set 
forth the reporting and disclosure requirements for the National 
Practitioner Data Bank.