A member of a peer review committee or any other person reporting information to a peer review committee is presumed to have acted in good faith and without malice. Any person alleging lack of good faith has the burden of proving bad faith and malice.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-10-404
Presumption of good faith
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Thompson Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Western States Medical Center et al. (2002)
Most recently applied in Thompson Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Western States Medical Center et al. (April 2002)
Acts 1996, ch. 651, § 22; T.C.A. § 63-10-604.
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