CHAPTER 306

H.P. 526 - L.D. 720

An Act To Protect Health Care Workers Who Report Medical

Errors

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §833, sub-§1, ¶¶C and D, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 782, §4, are amended to read:

C. The employee is requested to participate in an investigation, hearing or inquiry held by that public body, or in a court action; or

D. The employee acting in good faith, has refused to carry out a directive that would expose the employee or any individual to a condition that would result in serious injury or death, after having sought and been unable to obtain a correction of the dangerous condition from the employer. ; or

Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §833, sub-§1, ¶E is enacted to read:

E.__The employee, acting in good faith and consistent with state and federal privacy laws, reports to the employer, to the patient involved or to the appropriate licensing, regulating or credentialing authority, orally or in writing, what the employee has reasonable cause to believe is an act or omission that constitutes a deviation from the applicable standard of care for a patient by an employer charged with