[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: 45CFR60.14]

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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. 60.14  How to dispute the accuracy of National Practitioner Data Bank 
information.

    (a) Who may dispute National Practitioner Data Bank information. Any 
physician, dentist or other health care practitioner may dispute the 
accuracy of information in the Data Bank concerning himself or herself. 
The Secretary will routinely mail a copy of any report filed in the Data 
Bank to the subject individual.
    (b) Procedures for filing a dispute. A physician, dentist or other 
health care practitioner has 60 days from the date on which the 
Secretary mails the report in question to him or her in which to dispute 
the accuracy of the report. The procedures for disputing a report are:
    (1) Informing the Secretary and the reporting entity, in writing, of 
the disagreement, and the basis for it,
    (2) Requesting simultaneously that the disputed information be 
entered into a ``disputed'' status and be reported to inquirers as being 
in a ``disputed'' status, and
    (3) Attempting to enter into discussion with the reporting entity to 
resolve the dispute.
    (c) Procedures for revising disputed information. (1) If the 
reporting entity revises the information originally submitted to the 
Data Bank, the Secretary will notify all entities to whom reports have 
been sent that the original information has been revised.
    (2) If the reporting entity does not revise the reported 
information, the Secretary will, upon request, review the written 
information submitted by both parties (the physician, dentist or other

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health care practitioner), and the reporting entity. After review, the 
Secretary will either--
    (i) If the Secretary concludes that the information is accurate, 
include a brief statement by the physician, dentist or other health care 
practitioner describing the disagreement concerning the information, and 
an explanation of the basis for the decision that it is accurate, or
    (ii) If the Secretary concludes that the information was incorrect, 
send corrected information to previous inquirers.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0915-0126)

[54 FR 42730, Oct. 17, 1989, as amended at 54 FR 43890, Oct. 27, 1989]