No independent review organization or clinical reviewer working on behalf of an independent review organization or an employee, agent or contractor of an independent review organization shall be liable in damages or otherwise to any person for any opinions rendered or acts or omissions performed within the scope of the organization’s or person’s duties under the law during or upon completion of an external review conducted pursuant to this chapter unless the opinion was rendered or act or omission performed in bad faith or involved gross negligence; provided that the health carrier shall not be liable in damages or otherwise to any person for any opinions rendered or acts or omissions performed by the independent review organization, its employees, agents or contractors within the scope of the organization’s or person’s duties under the law during or upon completion of an external review conducted pursuant to this chapter.
Idaho Code § 41-5913
Hold harmless for independent review organizations
Known as the Idaho Health Carrier External Review Act
The act spans §§ 41–41 (17 sections).
I.C., § 41-5913, as added by 2009, ch. 87, § 1, p. 240.
Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.