Sec. 10. Within ten (10) days after the selection of a panel member, written challenge without cause may be made to the panel member. Upon challenge or excuse, the party whose appointee was challenged or dismissed shall select another panelist. If the challenged or dismissed panel member was selected by the other two (2) panel members, the panel members shall make a new selection. If two (2) such challenges are made and submitted, the chairman shall within ten (10) days appoint a panel consisting of three (3) qualified panelists and each side shall, within ten (10) days after the appointment, strike one (1) panelist. The party whose appointment was challenged shall strike last, and the remaining member shall serve.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-10-10.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure
Article 18. Medical Malpractice
Chapter 10. Medical Review Panel
34-18-10-1. Establishment of Medical Review Panels
34-18-10-2. Request for Formation of Panels
34-18-10-3. Members; Chairman; Powers and Duties
34-18-10-4. Selection of Panel Members
34-18-10-5. Eligibility for Panel Membership
34-18-10-6. Selection of Members by Parties
34-18-10-7. Selection of Panel Members by Multiple Parties
34-18-10-8. Panelists to Be Members of Defendant's Profession
34-18-10-9. Selection Periods; Notification; Selections by Chairman
34-18-10-10. Challenges to Panel Member Selections
34-18-10-11. Formation of Panel; Notice to Commissioner and Parties
34-18-10-12. Excusing Members From Service
34-18-10-13. Panel Expert Opinion; Time for Issuance
34-18-10-14. Sanction for Failure to Act as Required by Chapter
34-18-10-15. Removal of Chairman
34-18-10-16. Removal of Panel Member
34-18-10-18. Communication With Panel by Parties or Their Agents Prohibited
34-18-10-19. Preparation of Opinion by Chairman
34-18-10-20. Convening and Questioning of Panel
34-18-10-21. Duties of Panel in Conduct of Inquiry; Access to Information
34-18-10-23. Report of Panel as Evidence at Trial; Members as Witnesses
34-18-10-24. Immunity From Civil Liability