[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 199]
[Revised as of October 1, 2000]
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[CITE: 45CFR60.1]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 60--NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK FOR ADVERSE INFORMATION ON PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 60.1  The National Practitioner Data Bank.


    The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (the Act), title IV 
of Pub. L. 99-660, as amended, authorizes the Secretary to establish 
(either directly or by contract) a National Practitioner Data Bank to 
collect and release certain information relating to the professional 
competence and conduct of physicians, dentists and other health care 
practitioners. These regulations set forth the reporting and disclosure 
requirements for the National Practitioner Data Bank.