12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-90-370

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 22, June 17, 2024

Section 12VAC5-90-370 - Reporting of healthcare-associated infections

A. Reportable infections. Health care facilities that report data into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) as a requirement of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall share the data, through the NHSN, with the department.

B. Liability protection and data release. Any person making such report as authorized herein shall be immune from liability as provided by § 32.1-38 of the Code of Virginia. Infection rate data may be released to the public by the department upon request. Data shall be aggregated to ensure that no individual patient may be identified.

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 19, eff. July 1, 2008; amended, Virginia Register Volume 27, Issue 13, eff. March 28, 2011; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 31, Issue 26, eff. 9/25/2015; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 36, Issue 06, eff. 12/26/2019.

Statutory Authority: §§ 32.1-12, 32.1-35, and 32.1-42 of the Code of Virginia.