KRS 311.606: Medical association, hospital, or its medical staff to report actions taken

against licensed physicians -- Violations to be reported by physicians --

Reports by court clerks.

(1) In order to assist the board in the enforcement of KRS 311.595(20) and ( 21), any

professional medical association or society operating in the Commonwealth of

Kentucky, or any hospital or medical staff of said hospital located in the

Commonwealth of Kentucky, shall report all actions taken against a licensed

physician as described in KRS 311.595(20) and (21) to the board within thirty (30)

days of the final adjudication of said action together with all pertinent documents to

include but not limited to transcripts, pleadings and certified copy of the final order.

(2) In order to assist the board in the enforcement of the provisions of KRS Chapter

311, any licensed physician who observes another licensed physician violating a

provision of KRS Chapter 311 shall submit a written report to the board, or to the

board and the concerned medical association or society, or to the board and the

concerned hospital or medical staff of the hospital within ten (10) days of observing

such a violation or obtaining other direct knowledge of such a violation; the report

shall contain the name of the licensed physician believed to be in violation of a

provision of KRS Chapter 311, a detailed account of the concerned actions, a list of

all other witnesses to said actions, and the name of the physician submitting the

report.

(3) All clerks of the Circui t and District Courts in the Commonwealth of Kentucky

shall report to the secretary of the board all criminal convictions of licensees that

may occur in their respective courts. The report shall contain the name of the

licensee, the sentence imposed agains t the licensee, and whether the sentence

imposed upon the licensee has been appealed.