[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
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 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

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health care practitioners. These regulations set forth the reporting and 
disclosure requirements for the National Practitioner Data Bank.