Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 29-85, (1985)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided August 2, 1985Published
1Opinion of the Court
JUDITH A. TEMBY, Secretary Board of Regents
On behalf of the Board of Regents, you ask whether the final decision and order of the Council of Trustees of the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics regarding disciplinary action taken against a physician on the active medical staff is accessible under the public records law, section 19.31, Stats.,et seq.
You state that the Council of Trustees was created by the Board of Regents to govern the University Hospital and Clinics. In the instant matter, the Council of Trustees acted as the decision-maker of last resort in disciplinary proceedings…