2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 40 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 439 Administration of Public Health
NRS 439.865 Patient safety plan: Development; approval; notice; compliance.
NRS 439.865 Patient safety plan: Development; approval; notice; compliance.
1. Each medical facility that is located within this state shall develop, in consultation with the providers of health care who provide treatment to patients at the medical facility, an internal patient safety plan to improve the health and safety of patients who are treated at that medical facility.
2. A medical facility shall submit its patient safety plan to the governing board of the medical facility for approval in accordance with the requirements of this section.
3. After a medical facility's patient safety plan is approved, the medical facility shall notify all providers of health care who provide treatment to patients at the medical facility of the existence of the plan and of the requirements of the plan. A medical facility shall require compliance with its patient safety plan.
(Added to NRS by 2002 Special Session, 15)
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