L. Hospital reports.

The FOIA itself exempts “medical records.” Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-105(b)(2). Hospital records can clearly fall within this exemption. See Ark. Op. Att’y Gen. No. 91-374. Other statutes may also come into play. See e.g., Ark. Code Ann. § 17-95-104(d) (reports of physician misconduct submitted by hospital to State Medical Board are confidential); § 17-95-107(d)(4) (physician credentialing information obtained by State Medical Board); § 20-9-221(a) (information about health care facilities received by State Department of Health “shall not be disclosed publicly in such manner as to identify individuals or institutions except in a proceeding involving . . . licensing or revocation of a license”), § 20-9-304(a) (reports, memoranda, and other data of hospital staff committees used in the course of medical studies for purpose of reducing morbidity or mortality “shall be strictly confidential and shall be used only for medical research”), § 20-46-104(b) (records of State Hospital are confidential). Records and reports of hospital medical review committees are also exempt from disclosure. Ark. Code Ann. § 16-46-105(a). The previous version of this statute was held insufficiently specific to qualify as an FOIA exemption, Baxter County Newspapers Inc. v. Medical Staff of Baxter Gen. Hospital, 273 Ark. 511, 622 S.W.2d 495 (1981), but the amended statute passes muster. Ark. Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2000-271. Nonprofit corporations that lease county hospitals are not subject to the FOIA unless they receive direct public funding other than Medicare and Medicaid payments. Ark. Op. Att’y Gen. Nos. 2004-233, 97-148, 96-116, 83-163.