Levesque v. Central Maine Medical Center

[¶ 1] In this appeal, we consider the following question: When a physician is alleged to have acted as an apparent agent of a hospital, does the Maine Health Security Act, 24 M.R.S. §§ 2501-2987 (2011),1 *935require that the alleged negligent acts or omissions of that physician be evaluated by the mandatory prelitigation screening and mediation panel before a claim may be brought in court against the hospital based on that physician’s conduct. We answer the question in the affirmative. Because Maine law requires that a prelitigation screening panel evaluate a physician’s alleged professional…