65-4903. Convening of panel; notice; findings; notice, organization and conduct of meetings; rules by supreme court; meetings held in camera.
65-4903
65-4903. Convening of panel; notice; findings; notice,organization and conduct of meetings; rules by supreme court; meetingsheld in camera.The screening panel shall convene with notice in writing to all partiesand their counsel and shall decide, after consideration of medicalrecords and medical care facility records, contentions of the parties,examination of x-rays, test results and treatises, whether there was adeparture from the standard practice of the health care providerspecialty involved and whether a causal relationship existed between thedamages suffered by the claimant and any such departure. The screeningpanel shall give notice, organize and conduct its meetings in accordancewith rules of procedure adopted by the supreme court of Kansas to governnotice, organization and conduct of such meetings, except strictadherence of the rules of procedure and evidence applicable in civilcases shall not be required. All meetings of the screening panel shallbe held in camera.
History: L. 1976, ch. 249, § 3; July 1.