Section 130.1800 - Patient and Family Advisory CouncilA hospital shall establish a Patient and Family Advisory Council to advise the hospital on matters including, but not limited to, patient and provider relationships, institutional review boards, quality improvement initiatives, and patient education on safety and quality matters to the extent allowed by state and federal law.
(1) a hospital shall prepare an annual written report documenting the hospital's compliance with 105 CMR 130.1800 and 130.1801 and describing the Council's accomplishments during the preceding year.(2) The hospital shall make the report required in 105 CMR 130.1800(A)(1) publicly available through electronic or other means, and to the Department upon request.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1276, eff. 12/19/2014.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1343, eff. 4/7/2017.