Physician and Patient Safety Act

Fair Hearing and Appellate Review: Physicians who have been granted medical staff privileges at a hospital would gain access to a fair hearing and an appeal process before their professional activity or staff privileges are changed, as described in Section 2(a).

Protection of Rights: The bill prevents physicians from being forced to waive their right to a hearing or review as a condition of their employment, which protects their legal standing, according to Section 2(b)(2).

Confidentiality of Proceedings: To protect a physician's reputation, the regulations would ensure that hearings or reviews are confidential and not reported to future employers or the National Practitioner Data Bank, unless there is an ongoing threat to patient safety or other specific legal requirements, as stated in Section 2(b)(3).

Prevention of Contractual Denials: The bill ensures that a physician's right to a hearing or review cannot be taken away through a third-party contract, as noted in Section 2(b)(1).