Maine Revised Statutes Title 32. Professions and Occupations § 18509. Coordinated information system

1. Database. The interstate commission shall establish a database of all physicians licensed or who have applied for licensure under section 18506.

2. Public action or complaint. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member board shall report to the interstate commission any public action or complaint against a physician licensed by that member board who has applied for or received an expedited license through the compact.

3. Disciplinary or investigatory information. A member board shall report disciplinary or investigatory information determined as necessary and proper by rule of the interstate commission.

4. Other reports. A member board may report any nonpublic complaint, disciplinary or investigatory information not required to be reported by subsection 3 to the interstate commission.

5. Information sharing. A member board shall share complaint or disciplinary information about a physician upon request of another member board.

6. Confidentiality. Information provided to the interstate commission or distributed by a member board is confidential and may be used only for investigatory or disciplinary matters under sections 18510 and 18511.

7. Rules. The interstate commission is authorized to adopt rules pursuant to section 18516 regarding mandated or discretionary sharing of information by member boards.