Section 449.61158 - Program for review of quality of care1. An obstetric center shall establish a program for the review of the quality of care provided by the obstetric center. The program must include, without limitation: (a) Documentation in the medical records of each patient of the care provided as appropriate to the condition of the patient and the results or outcome of that care;(b) The time of admission and the time that the patient was examined by a licensed physician or a licensed advanced practice registered nurse;(c) A statement which describes the condition of the patient at the time that the patient is discharged from the obstetric center;(d) The instructions given to the patient upon discharge and documentation of the patient's understanding of those instructions;(e) For each patient who is transferred to another hospital or medical facility, the reason for the transfer, the method of transfer, the time that the transfer was requested and the time that the patient was discharged from the obstetric center;(f) Documentation of any incident of unusual occurrence or deviation from the usual standards of practice of patient care, any error in the administration of medications, any intrapartum infection of a patient , and any morbidity or mortality; and(g) Documentation about the newborn babies delivered at the obstetric center, including, but not limited to: (1) The number of deliveries;(2) Any birth weight of less than 2500 grams;(3) Any Apgar scores of newborn babies delivered at the obstetric center which are less than 7 after 5 minutes;(4) Any congenital defect of a newborn baby; and (5) Any perinatal complication.2. An obstetric center shall make available to the Division upon request any of the documentation required by subsection 1.Nev. Admin. Code § 449.61158
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 7-19-96; A by R059-16A, eff. 12/21/2016