Records of Medical Studies of In-Hospital Staff Committees

(a)In-house medical, nursing or dental staff committees of a hospital which engage in medical or dental studies to reduce morbidity or mortality may make findings and recommendations thereon. Except as provided in subsection (b), the written records of interviews, reports, statements, or memoranda of such in-hospital medical, nursing or dental staff committees are subject to the provisions of this Title 6 and the Guam Rules of Civil Procedure (relating to discovery proceedings) but, subject to subsections

(c)and (d), shall not be admitted as evidence in any action or before any administrative body, agency, or person.

(b)The disclosure, with or without the consent of the patient, of information concerning such patient to such in-hospital medical, nursing or dental staff committees does not make unprivileged any information that would otherwise be privileged under said laws or rules, and such information subject to discovery under subsection

(a)except that the identity of any patient may not be discovered under subsection

(a)unless the patient consents to such disclosure.

(c)This section does not affect the admissibility in evidence of the original medical or dental records of any patient. COL1242015 2006 GUAM RULES OF EVIDENCE ART. IV: RELEVANCY AND ITS LIMITS

(d)This section does not exclude evidence which is relevant evidence in a criminal action.