{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-9-1303","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-9-1303","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter: (1) \"Adversely affect\", when used in reference to clinical privileges or medical staff membership, means deny, reduce, restrict, suspend, revoke, or fail to renew; (2) \"Conflict of interest\" means a personal or financial interest that would lead an objective person to conclude that it would be difficult for the person in those circumstances to make a fair and impartial decision in a professional review activity with regard to a particular physician; (3) \"Hospital\" means a healthcare facility licensed as a hospital by the Division of Health Facilities Services under § 20-9-213 ; (4) (A) \"Investigation\" means a process conducted by a professional review body to: (i) Obtain and make a detailed examination of the facts related to an identified concern about a specific physician; and (ii) Determine whether a professional review action should be requested or recommended. (B) \"Investigation\" does not include the following: (i) A preliminary review to obtain basic information related to a concern or complaint about a physician in order to determine whether an investigation should commence; (ii) Routine quality assurance, case review, utilization review, and performance improvement activities that take place within a hospital; or (iii) Collegial interventions, ongoing physician practice evaluations and focused physician practice evaluations, and other peer-to-peer performance improvement interventions that are not intended to, and do not, impact a physician's clinical privileges or hospital medical staff membership; (5) \"Medical staff\" means the physicians who are approved and given privileges to provide health care to patients in the hospital; (6) \"Professional review action\" means an action or recommendation of a professional review body that is taken or made in the conduct of professional review activity and that: (A) Is based on an individual physician's competence or professional conduct that adversely affects or could adversely affect the health or welfare of a patient or patients; and (B) Adversely affects or may adversely affect the medical staff membership or clinical privileges of the physician; (7) (A) \"Professional review activity\" means an activity with respect to an individual physician: (i) To determine whether the physician may have clinical privileges at a hospital or membership on the hospital's medical staff; (ii) To determine the scope or conditions of clinical privileges or medical staff membership; or (iii) To change or modify such clinical privileges or medical staff membership. (B) \"Professional review activity\" includes an investigation, as defined in this section; and (8) \"Professional review body\" means a hospital, its governing body, or its medical staff when any of these bodies are conducting a professional review activity. Amended by Act 2017, No. 975,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017. Added by Act 2013, No. 766,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) \"Adversely affect\", when used in reference to clinical privileges or medical staff membership, means deny, reduce, restrict, suspend, revoke, or fail to renew;\n\n(2) \"Conflict of interest\" means a personal or financial interest that would lead an objective person to conclude that it would be difficult for the person in those circumstances to make a fair and impartial decision in a professional review activity with regard to a particular physician;\n\n(3) \"Hospital\" means a healthcare facility licensed as a hospital by the Division of Health Facilities Services under § 20-9-213 ;\nrest\" means a personal or financial interest that would lead an objective person to conclude that it would be difficult for the person in those circumstances to make a fair and impartial decision in a professional review activity with regard to a particular physician;\n\n(3) \"Hospital\" means a healthcare facility licensed as a hospital by the Division of Health Facilities Services under § 20-9-213 ;\n\n(4) (A) \"Investigation\" means a process conducted by a professional review body to: (i) Obtain and make a detailed examination of the facts related to an identified concern about a specific physician; and (ii) Determine whether a professional review action should be requested or recommended. (B) \"Investigation\" does not include the following: (i) A preliminary review to obtain basic information related to a concern or complaint about a physician in order to determine whether an investigation should commence; (ii) Routine quality assurance, case review, utilization review, and performance improvement activities that take place within a hospital; or (iii) Collegial interventions, ongoing physician practice evaluations and focused physician practice evaluations, and other peer-to-peer performance improvement interventions that are not intended to, and do not, impact a physician's clinical privileges or hospital medical staff membership;\n\n(A) \"Investigation\" means a process conducted by a professional review body to: (i) Obtain and make a detailed examination of the facts related to an identified concern about a specific physician; and (ii) Determine whether a professional review action should be requested or recommended.\n\n(i) Obtain and make a detailed examination of the facts related to an identified concern about a specific physician; and\n\n(ii) Determine whether a professional review action should be requested or recommended.\n\n(B) \"Investigation\" does not include the following: (i) A preliminary review to obtain basic information related to a concern or complaint about a physician in order to determine whether an investigation should commence; (ii) Routine quality assurance, case review, utilization review, and performance improvement activities that take place within a hospital; or (iii) Collegial interventions, ongoing physician practice evaluations and focused physician practice evaluations, and other peer-to-peer performance improvement interventions that are not intended to, and do not, impact a physician's clinical privileges or hospital medical staff membership;\n\n(i) A preliminary review to obtain basic information related to a concern or complaint about a physician in order to determine whether an investigation should commence;\n\n(ii) Routine quality assurance, case review, utilization review, and performance improvement activities that take place within a hospital; or\n\n(iii) Collegial interventions, ongoing physician practice evaluations and focused physician practice evaluations, and other peer-to-peer performance improvement interventions that are not intended to, and do not, impact a physician's clinical privileges or hospital medical staff membership;\n\n(5) \"Medical staff\" means the physicians who are approved and given privileges to provide health care to patients in the hospital;\nntions, ongoing physician practice evaluations and focused physician practice evaluations, and other peer-to-peer performance improvement interventions that are not intended to, and do not, impact a physician's clinical privileges or hospital medical staff membership;\n\n(5) \"Medical staff\" means the physicians who are approved and given privileges to provide health care to patients in the hospital;\n\n(6) \"Professional review action\" means an action or recommendation of a professional review body that is taken or made in the conduct of professional review activity and that: (A) Is based on an individual physician's competence or professional conduct that adversely affects or could adversely affect the health or welfare of a patient or patients; and (B) Adversely affects or may adversely affect the medical staff membership or clinical privileges of the physician;\n\n(A) Is based on an individual physician's competence or professional conduct that adversely affects or could adversely affect the health or welfare of a patient or patients; and\n\n(B) Adversely affects or may adversely affect the medical staff membership or clinical privileges of the physician;\n\n(7) (A) \"Professional review activity\" means an activity with respect to an individual physician: (i) To determine whether the physician may have clinical privileges at a hospital or membership on the hospital's medical staff; (ii) To determine the scope or conditions of clinical privileges or medical staff membership; or (iii) To change or modify such clinical privileges or medical staff membership. (B) \"Professional review activity\" includes an investigation, as defined in this section; and\n\n(A) \"Professional review activity\" means an activity with respect to an individual physician: (i) To determine whether the physician may have clinical privileges at a hospital or membership on the hospital's medical staff; (ii) To determine the scope or conditions of clinical privileges or medical staff membership; or (iii) To change or modify such clinical privileges or medical staff membership.\n\n(i) To determine whether the physician may have clinical privileges at a hospital or membership on the hospital's medical staff;\n\n(ii) To determine the scope or conditions of clinical privileges or medical staff membership; or\n\n(iii) To change or modify such clinical privileges or medical staff membership.\n\n(B) \"Professional review activity\" includes an investigation, as defined in this section; and\n\n(8) \"Professional review body\" means a hospital, its governing body, or its medical staff when any of these bodies are conducting a professional review activity.","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 9","Subchapter 13"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"42eea573ad6c6fffa98c059347f921eb3042885f7c200e86e2377345d96667c9","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-9-1302","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-9-1304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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