Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 54-1821 - NO PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP FOR INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS(1) No physician-patient relationship is created between a physician licensed under this chapter and an individual not otherwise a patient of that physician when a physician is contacted by another physician or licensed health care practitioner who is treating the patient for a consultation or advice, if: (a) The consulted physician does not examine the patient; and(b) Such consultation or advice is given by the physician to the physician or health care practitioner treating the patient without expectation of compensation for providing such consultation or advice.(2) A consulted physician who does not have a physician-patient relationship with a patient by virtue of this section shall not be named on any special verdict form concerning care provided to the patient unless there is a basis of liability to the patient independent of the consultation.[54-1821, added 2010, ch. 353, sec. 1, p. 929.]