(225 ILCS 450/30.3)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2029)
Sec. 30.3. Confidentiality of peer review records.
(a) The proceedings, records, and work papers of a review committee shall be
privileged and shall not be subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of
legal process or introduction into evidence in any civil action, arbitration,
or administrative proceeding and no member of a review committee or person
involved in a peer review program shall be required or permitted to testify in
any civil action, arbitration, or administrative proceeding regarding any
matters produced, presented, disclosed, or discussed during or in connection
with the peer review process, or regarding any findings, recommendations,
evaluations, opinions, or other actions of those committees, or any member of a
committee.
(b) Information, documents, or records that are otherwise publicly available
are not to be construed as immune from discovery or use in any civil action,
arbitration, or administrative proceeding merely because they were presented or
considered in connection with a peer review. Subsection (a) shall not be
construed to protect materials prepared in connection with a particular
engagement merely because they happen to subsequently be presented or
considered as part of a peer review; nor does the privilege apply to disputes
between review committees and persons or CPA firms subject to a peer review arising
from the performance of a review.
(Source: P.A. 98-254, eff. 8-9-13.)
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