Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter439 Administration of Public Health |
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PATIENTS AT CERTAIN MEDICAL FACILITIES |
NAC439.920. Patient safety committee: Establishment; composition; meetings.
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1. A medical facility that has fewer than 25 employees and contractors shall establish a patient safety committee composed of:
(a) The patient safety officer of the medical facility;
(b) At least two providers of health care who treat patients at the medical facility, including, without limitation, one member of the medical staff and one member of the nursing staff of the medical facility; and
(c) The chief executive officer or chief financial officer of the medical facility.
2. A patient safety committee established pursuant to this section must meet at least once every calendar quarter.
(Added to NAC by Health Div. by R118-04, eff. 11-4-2004)