[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: 45CFR60.8]

[Page 138]
 
                        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 B--Reporting of Information
 
Sec. 60.8  Reporting licensure actions taken by Boards of Medical Examiners.

    (a) What actions must be reported. Each Board of Medical Examiners 
must report to the Data Bank any action based on reasons relating to a 
physician's or dentist's professional competence or professional 
conduct-
    (1) Which revokes or suspends (or otherwise restricts) a physician's 
or dentist's license,
    (2) Which censures, reprimands, or places on probation a physician 
or dentist, or
    (3) Under which a physician's or dentist's license is surrendered.
    (b) Information that must be reported. The Board must report the 
following information for each action:
    (1) The physician's or dentist's name,
    (2) The physician's or dentist's work address,
    (3) The physician's or dentist's home address, if known,
    (4) The physician's or dentist's Social Security number, if known, 
and if obtained in accordance with section 7 of the Privacy Act of 1974,
    (5) The physician's or dentist's date of birth,
    (6) Name of each professional school attended by the physician or 
dentist and year of graduation,
    (7) For each professional license, the physician's or dentist's 
license number, the field of licensure and the name of the State or 
Territory in which the license is held,
    (8) The physician's or dentist's Drug Enforcement Administration 
registration number, if known,
    (9) A description of the acts or omissions or other reasons for the 
action taken,
    (10) A description of the Board action, the date the action was 
taken, and its effective date,
    (11) Classification of the action in accordance with a reporting 
code adopted by the Secretary, and
    (12) Other information as required by the Secretary from time to 
time after publication in the Federal Register and after an opportunity 
for public comment.
    (c) Sanctions. If, after notice of noncompliance and providing 
opportunity to correct noncompliance, the Secretary determines that a 
Board has failed to submit a report as required by this section, the 
Secretary will designate another qualified entity for the reporting of 
information under Sec. 60.9.

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