Discovery Issues: Confidentiality of Medical Board Records

732 N.E.2d 960 (Ohio 2000).

See id. at 965.

See id. at 967.

Id. at 965.

Id. at 964. Ohio's Public Records Act, Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 149.43(A)(1) (West 1994), establishes that the Board is a public office. See id. at 964. The statute governing Medical Board investigations, Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4731.22(C)(1) (West 1994) declares investigatory information to be “confidential and not subject to discovery.”

Id. at 965.

See Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3901.44 (West 2000) (formally Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3901.44(A) (West 1994)).

See Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 149.43(A)(2)(a)-(d) (West 1994).

See generally id.

See 732 N.E.2d at 966–967.

Id. at 967.