Professional liability actions

In any civil or criminal action against a health care facility or health care practitioner relating to professional liability, communications about patient safety concerns made by the health care practitioner that is the subject of the civil or criminal action may not be used to draw an adverse inference about the quality of health care services provided by the health care practitioner. The preceding sentence shall only apply if communications about patient safety concerns were made by the health care practitioner prior to the filing of the civil or criminal action against the health care facility or health care practitioner.