Code of Massachusetts Regulations
243 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN MEDICINE
Title 243 CMR 3.00 - The Establishment Of And Participation In Qualified Patient Care Assessment Programs, Pursuant To M.G.L. c. 112, Section 5, and M.G.L. c. 111, Section 203
Section 3.03 - Establishment of and Participation in Qualified Patient Care Assessment Program
Current through Register 1518, March 29, 2024
(1) A Qualified Patient Care Assessment Program shall be described in a written plan, shall be reviewed and updated at least annually by the governing body of the health care facility, and shall be submitted to the Board when adopted or amended. The plan shall include, at a minimum, procedures for compliance with 243 CMR 3.00, including:
(2) Effective July 1, 1987, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 111, § 203(d), every hospital and nursing home, as a condition of licensure, shall establish a Qualified Patient Care Assessment Program.
(3) Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 112, § 5, every licensee must participate in the Qualified Patient Care Assessment Program established by a health care facility where the licensee has employment, practice, association for the purpose of providing patient care, or privileges, and a licensee may not accept employment, practice, association for the purpose of providing patient care, or privileges at a health care facility unless it has a Qualified Patient Care Assessment Program. However, to ease the transition and to enhance eventual compliance with 243 CMR 3.00, the Board hereby allows participation until July 1, 1987 in a pre-existing, Non-Qualified Patient Care Assessment Program. After June 30, 1987, all licensees must participate in a Qualified Patient Care Assessment Program.
(4) Whether or not a licensee is employed by, associated with for the purpose of providing patient care, or has practice or privileges at a health care facility with a Qualified Patient Care Assessment Program, the licensee must, as a condition of licensure, adhere to 243 CMR 3.10.
