(a) The state or county medical or osteopathic medical society or any state professional organization of physician assistants or any physician, physician assistant or holder of a permit issued pursuant to section 20-12h or subsection (d) of section 20-12b or any hospital shall within thirty days, and the board or any individual may, file a petition when such society, organization, practitioner, hospital, board or individual has any information that appears to show that a physician assistant is or may be unable to practice as a physician assistant with reasonable skill or safety for any of the reasons listed in section 20-12f . Petitions shall be filed with the department.
(b) Any health care facility licensed pursuant to subsection (a) of section 19a-491 which terminates or restricts the staff membership or privileges of any physician assistant or holder of a permit issued pursuant to section 20-12h or subsection (b) of section 20-12b shall, not later than fifteen days after the effective date of such action, notify the department of such action.