§ 8-320. Confidentiality of Board records

   (a) Records generally not discoverable or admissible. -- Except by the express stipulation and consent of all parties to a proceeding before the Board or any of its investigatory bodies, in a civil action, the proceedings, records, and files of the Board or any of its investigatory bodies are not discoverable and are not admissible in evidence.

(b) Applicability of section. -- This section does not apply to a civil action brought by a party to a proceeding before the Board who claims to be aggrieved by the decision of the Board.

(c) Later production not prohibited. -- If any medical or hospital record or any other exhibit is subpoenaed and otherwise is admissible in evidence, the use of the record or exhibit in a proceeding before the Board or any of its investigatory bodies does not prevent its production in any other proceeding.

HISTORY: 1996, ch. 513.