Section 3.14 Peer Review Privilege

• Library: Discovery 2015

Interrogatories seeking information protected by the medical peer review privilege are overly broad. State ex rel. Lester E. Cox Med. Ctrs. v. Darnold, 944 S.W.2d 213 (Mo. banc 1997). Protected information may include a “‘quality assurance, quality assessment and/or quality management report’ of the [peer review] committee.” Id. at 215.See also the Missouri peer review statute, § 537.035, RSMo Supp. 2013. A party objecting to a discovery request on...