Utah Health Care Facilities Not Immune for Negligently Credentialing Their Doctors

On May 14, 2010, the Utah Supreme Court ruled that Utah health care facilities are not immune from claims brought by patients against them asserting that the facilities were negligent when they credential doctors or health care professionals at their hospitals.  In Archuleta v. St. Mark’s Hospital, the Court stated that “negligent credentialing is ‘simply the application of broad common law principles of negligence,’ and is a natural extension of torts such as negligent hiring.”