27-6-404. Disqualification of panel member. (1) Any member shall disqualify himself from consideration of any case in which, by virtue of his circumstances, he feels his presence on the panel would be inappropriate, considering the purpose of the panel. The director may excuse a proposed panelist from serving.
     (2) Whenever a party makes and files an affidavit that a panel member selected pursuant to this part cannot, according to the belief of the party making the affidavit, sit in review of the application with impartiality, that panel member may proceed no further. Another panel member must be selected by the health care provider's professional association or state licensing board or the state bar, as the case may be. A party may not disqualify more than three panel members in this manner in any single malpractice claim, and the affidavit must be filed within 15 days of the transmittal by the director, under 27-6-402, of the names of the panel members selected.

     History: En. 17-1309 by Sec. 9, Ch. 449, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 17-1309(6), (7); amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 376, L. 1983.