Discoverability

The WSMA supports non-discoverability and exemption from freedom of information acts any data evaluating or measuring physician performance that is generated by a regularly constituted Quality Assurance Committee of a health care organization, regardless of whether the organization is a public or private entity. (BT 1/95) (Reaffirmed A-17)

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Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:

EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health Services