Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PATIENTS AT CERTAIN MEDICAL FACILITIES
Section 439.916 - Reporting of sentinel event by a medical facility receiving a patient who was transferred or discharged from another medical facility
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 439.916
Current through September 16, 2024
1. If a medical facility that receives a patient who was transferred or discharged from another medical facility believes that a sentinel event affecting the patient occurred at the other medical facility, the medical facility that received the patient shall report the sentinel event to the facility from which the patient was transferred or discharged.
2. A medical facility that is informed of a sentinel event pursuant to subsection 1 shall report the sentinel event pursuant to NRS 439.835 and NAC 439.900 to 439.945, inclusive.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R044-10, eff. 10-15-2010
NRS 439.835, 439.890
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