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§ 557.6. Confidentiality of death review team records and meetings (Adm. Code § 2133)

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 71 P.S. State GovernmentEffective: December 5, 2022

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 71 P.S. State Government
Part I. The Administrative Codes and Related Provisions
Chapter 2. The Administrative Code of 1929 (Refs & Annos)
Article XXI. Powers and Duties of the Department of Health and Its Departmental Administrative and Advisory Boards (Refs & Annos)
(b) Death Review Teams
Effective: December 5, 2022
71 P.S. § 557.6
§ 557.6. Confidentiality of death review team records and meetings (Adm. Code § 2133)
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(a) Meetings.--A death review team meeting shall be closed to the public and information discussed at the meeting shall be confidential.
(b) Records.--
(1) The proceedings, records and information maintained by and shared with a death review team may not be:
(i) Disclosed under the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L. 6, No. 3),1 known as the Right-to-Know Law.
(ii) Subject to discovery, subpoena or introduction into evidence in a criminal or civil proceeding.
(2) Information presented in or opinions formed as a result of a meeting of a death review team may not be subject to subpoena or discovery or admissible in evidence in a civil or criminal action. Nothing under this subsection shall be construed to prevent a member of a death review team from testifying in a criminal or civil proceeding to information obtained independently of participation in the death review team or to information which is publicly available.

Credits

2022, Nov. 3, P.L. 1654, No. 101, § 3, effective in 30 days [Dec. 5, 2022].

Footnotes

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65 P.S. § 67.101 et seq.
71 P.S. § 557.6, PA ST 71 P.S. § 557.6
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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