(1) Each insurance company licensed to do business in this state and engaged in the writing of malpractice insurance for licensed pharmacists and pharmacies, and each pharmacist or pharmacy that self-insures, shall send to the board, in the form prescribed by the board, information relating to each malpractice claim against a licensed pharmacist that is settled or in which judgment is rendered against the insured.
The insurance company or self-insured pharmacist or pharmacy shall provide information relating to each malpractice claim as is deemed necessary by the board to conduct a further investigation and hearing.
Information relating to each malpractice claim provided by insurance companies orself-insured pharmacists or pharmacies is exempt from the provisions of any law requiring that the proceedings of the board be conducted publicly or that the minutes or records of the board be open to public inspection unless the board takes final disciplinary action. The board may use the information in any formal hearing involving a licensee or registrant.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1451, § 1, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-42.5-109 as it existed prior to 2019.