3650 Entities as well as natural persons are privileged to communicate information to a hospital to aid in the evaluation of a physician's qualifications or fitness, but the privilege may be defeated by proof that the person or entity asserting it knew the communication was false or lacked a good faith intent to assist in evaluation of the medical practitioner.CitationHASSAN v MERCY AMERICAN RIVER HOSP (Hospital Immunity) 31 C4 709 [See: CivC 43.8; Hassan v Mercy (RevGrtd) 96 CA4 1333, T/AT 4/02]
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