Section 449.424 - Quality improvement program1. The administrator shall ensure that the psychiatric residential treatment facility has an effective, comprehensive quality improvement program to evaluate the provision of care to its residents.2. The quality improvement program must: (b) Include a written plan for carrying out the program; and(c) Provide for the creation of a committee to oversee the program.3. The committee to oversee the program shall: (a) Take and document appropriate remedial action to address deficiencies found through the quality improvement program;(b) Document the outcome of any remedial action taken; and(c) Initiate any assessments required by the quality improvement program.4. When the findings of an assessment relate to the performance of an individual licensed practitioner, the medical staff shall determine how such a finding will be used in any peer review, ongoing monitoring and periodic evaluations of the competence of the practitioner. If the findings of the assessment relate to the performance of a person who is not a licensed practitioner, the director of the department, unit or service in which that person works shall determine how the finding will be used in evaluating the competence of the person.Nev. Admin. Code § 449.424
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R046-14, eff. 10/24/2014