[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: 45CFR60.11]

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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 C--Disclosure of Information by the National Practitioner Data 
                                  Bank
 
Sec. 60.11  Requesting information from the National Practitioner Data Bank.

    (a) Who may request information and what information may be 
available. Information in the Data Bank will be available, upon request, 
to the persons or entities, or their authorized agents, as described 
below:
    (1) A hospital that requests information concerning a physician, 
dentist or other health care practitioner who is on its medical staff 
(courtesy or otherwise) or has clinical privileges at the hospital,
    (2) A physician, dentist, or other health care practitioner who 
requests information concerning himself or herself,
    (3) Boards of Medical Examiners or other State licensing boards,
    (4) Health care entities which have entered or may be entering 
employment or affiliation relationships with a physician, dentist or 
other health care practitioner, or to which the physician, dentist or 
other health care practitioner has applied for clinical privileges or 
appointment to the medical staff,
    (5) An attorney, or individual representing himself or herself, who 
has filed a medical malpractice action or claim in a State or Federal 
court or other adjudicative body against a hospital, and who requests 
information regarding a specific physician, dentist, or other health 
care practitioner who is also named in the action or claim. Provided, 
that this information will be disclosed only upon the submission of 
evidence that the hospital failed to request information from the Data 
Bank as required by Sec. 60.10(a), and may be used solely with respect 
to ligitation resulting from the action or claim against the 
hospital,11(6) A health care entity with respect to professional review 
activity, and
    (7) A person or entity who requests information in a form which does 
not permit the identification of any particular health care entity, 
physician, dentist, or other health care practitioner.
    (b) Procedures for obtaining National Practitioner Data Bank 
information. Persons and entities may obtain information from the Data 
Bank by submitting a request in such form and manner as the Secretary 
may prescribe. These requests are subject to fees as described in Sec. 
60.12.

[54 FR 42730, Oct. 17, 1989; 54 FR 43890, Oct. 27, 1989]

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