(a) If a statute authorizes a health occupations board to use a system of peer review in standard of care cases and the peer reviewer or peer reviewers determine that there has been a violation of a standard of care, the board shall provide the licensee or certificate holder under investigation with an opportunity to review the final peer review report and provide the board with a written response within 10 business days after the report was sent to the licensee or certificate holder.
(b) If a health occupations board receives a written response to a final peer review report, the board shall consider both the report and response before taking any action.