Annotations for Decision

Kentucky State Bd. of Medical Licensure v. Courier-Journal & Louisville Times Co., 663 S.W.2d 953, 1983 Ky. App. LEXIS 327 (Ky. Ct. App. 1983); Kentucky Bd. of Examiners of Psychologists v. Courier-Journal & Louisville Times Co., 826 S.W.2d 324, 1992 Ky. LEXIS 35 (Ky. 1992). Full Details

Once final disciplinary action is taken by the Board of Medical Licensure, any complaint, report, memorandum, or letter made part of the record in such action is not within the exceptions to the Open Records Act found in subdivisions (1)(g) and (1)(h) of this section and must therefore be made available to the public. Kentucky State Bd. of Medical Licensure v. Courier-Journal & Louisville Times Co., 663 S.W.2d 953, 1983 Ky. App. LEXIS 327 (Ky. Ct. App. 1983). Full Details

The attempt by the Board of Medical Licensure to categorize complaints against physicians as formal public complaints and private individual complaints has no bearing on whether such complaints must be released under the Open Records Act. Inasmuch as final actions stem from the complaints, they must be incorporated as part of the final determination and are therefore not exempt under subdivisions (1)(g) or (1)(h) of this section. Kentucky State Bd. of Medical Licensure v. Courier-Journal & Louisville Times Co., 663 S.W.2d 953, 1983 Ky. App. LEXIS 327 (Ky. Ct. App. 1983). Full Details

Those documents defined in subdivisions (1)(g) and (1)(h) of this section which become a part of the records adopted by the Board of Medical Licensure as the basis of its final action, become releasable as public records under subdivision (1)(f), unless exempted by other provisions of KRS 61.870 through 61.884. Kentucky State Bd. of Medical Licensure v. Courier-Journal & Louisville Times Co., 663 S.W.2d 953, 1983 Ky. App. LEXIS 327 (Ky. Ct. App. 1983). Full Details