Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce
Part 601 - Organization of the Forestry Commission
Chapter 1 - Board of Commissioners
Rule 2-601-1.4 - Quality Assurance Program
Current through September 24, 2024
Physicians entering into collaborative agreements shall implement a quality assurance program which shall include:
A. Review by the primary collaborating physician of a random sample of charts that represent 10% or 20 charts, whichever is less, of patients seen by the APRN every month. Charts should represent the variety of patient types seen by the nurse practitioner. Each patient encounter that the nurse practitioner and collaborating physician have consulted on during the month will count as one chart review.
B. Review of the controlled medications prescribed by the APRN revealed in the chart review. The physician may also make review through the Board of Pharmacy Prescription Monitoring Program.
C. The primary collaborating physician shall meet face to face with the APRN once per quarter for the purpose of quality assurance and this meeting should be documented.
D. Secondary physicians for APRNs who work less than 20 hours per week at a clinic shall meet face to face with the APRN once per quarter for the purpose of quality assurance and this meeting should be documented.
E. The collaborating physician must insure that the APRN maintains a log of charts reviewed, including:
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-43-11 (1972, as amended).
