NAC439.916. Reporting of sentinel event by a medical facility receiving a patient who was transferred or discharged from another medical facility.

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1. If a medical facility that receives a patient who was transferred or discharged from another medical facility believes that a sentinel event affecting the patient occurred at the other medical facility, the medical facility that received the patient shall report the sentinel event to the facility from which the patient was transferred or discharged.

2. A medical facility that is informed of a sentinel event pursuant to subsection 1 shall report the sentinel event pursuant to NRS 439.835 and NAC 439.900 to 439.945, inclusive.

(Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R044-10, eff. 10-15-2010)

                    
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