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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="12-318" title_number="12" title_name="Pharmacists and Pharmacies" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “pharmacy review committee” means an advisory committee appointed by the Board from a pool of Board approved pharmacists to aid the Board in licensing and disciplinary matters.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A pharmacy review committee shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Evaluate and seek to improve the quality of pharmaceutical care provided by providers of pharmaceutical care;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Evaluate the need for and the level of performance of pharmaceutical care provided by providers of pharmaceutical care;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Evaluate the qualifications, competence, and performance of providers of pharmaceutical care; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Evaluate and act on matters that relate to the discipline of any provider of pharmaceutical care.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A civil action brought by a party to the proceedings of the pharmacy review committee who claims to be aggrieved by the decision of the pharmacy review committee; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any record or document that is considered by the pharmacy review committee and that otherwise would be subject to discovery and introduction into evidence in a civil trial.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The proceedings, records, and files of a pharmacy review committee are not discoverable and are not admissible in evidence in any civil action arising out of matters that are being reviewed and evaluated by the pharmacy review committee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person who acts in good faith and within the scope of jurisdiction of a pharmacy review committee is not civilly liable for any action as a member of the pharmacy review committee or for giving information to, participating in, or contributing to the function of the pharmacy review committee.</text>
  </level>
</section>
