CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Relevance
......Evid. Affected by Extrinsic Policies
.........Hospital Quality Assurance Records
............Case Interpretations
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  • Hospital's institutional review board need not be composed solely of licensed practitioners to be a medical staff committee whose records are exempt from discovery under EC §1157.
  • Documents generated by chair of Quality Assurance Committee for division of County Mental Health Dept. were exempt from disclosure under EC 1157-1157.6.
  • Evid. Code §1157 exempts proceedings, written evaluations and related records of resident evaluation committee from discovery.
  • Evid. Code §1157 was designed to maintain confidentiality.
  • Hospital staff committee records/proceedings privilege applies to damages action by hospital employee.
  • Discovery of doctors' applications for staff privileges barred by Evid. Code §1157 as hospital staff committee ••records••.
  • Testimony of physician-committee member may be volunteered, but not required.
  • Identities of medical staff review committee members are privileged & nondiscoverable under Evid. Code §1157; public good requires confidentiality & outweighs Ps' discovery rights.
  • Prop 8 amendments did not abrogate privilege against discovery of hospital medical staff records in criminal actions.
  • Records of hospital peer review committee discoverable in criminal matter; Evid. Code §1157 restricted to civil cases.
  • Physician cannot obtain records of hospital committee which restricted his privileges in suit for damages for wrongful restriction.


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