North Dakota Century Code Title 23. Health and Safety § 23-34-01. Definitions

a. A hospital;

b. A hospital medical staff;

c. A clinic;

d. A long-term or extended care facility;

e. An ambulatory surgery center;

f. An emergency medical services unit;

g. A physician;

h. A group of physicians operating a clinic or outpatient care facility;

i. A pharmacist;

j. A pharmacy;

k. An association or organization, whether domestic or foreign, of medical institutions or medical professionals;

l. A nonprofit corporation, whether domestic or foreign, that owns, operates, or is established by any entity set forth in subdivisions a through i;

m. Any combination of entities set forth in subdivisions a through j;

n. Any federally designated state peer review organization; or

o. Any state designated multi-disciplinary peer review entity designated to evaluate controlled substance practices in a referred case.

a. A health care organization; or

b. A committee of a health care organization which:

4. a. “Peer review records” means:

b. The term does not include original patient source documents.

a. Evaluate and improve the quality of health care;

b. Obtain and disseminate data and statistics relative to the treatment and prevention of disease, illness, or injury;

c. Develop and establish guidelines for medical care and the costs of medical care;

d. Provide to other affiliated or nonaffiliated peer review organizations information that is originally generated within the peer review organization for the purposes of professional peer review;

e. Identify or analyze trends in medical error, using among other things a standardized incident reporting system; and

f. Provide quality assurance.