                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE; REPORT (§ 53.1-17.1)

A. The Director shall establish a health care continuous quality improvement
committee, which shall be composed of the Director, or his designee, and at
least one of each of the following: a health services director, physician,
nurse, dentist, mental health director, pharmacist, psychiatrist, specialist in
infection control, and grievance counselor employed by the Department. The
committee shall (i) identify appropriate criteria for evaluation of the quality
of health care services provided by the Department, (ii) monitor and evaluate
the quality of health care services provided by the Department utilizing the
criteria identified, and (iii) develop strategies to improve the quality of
health care services provided by the Department.

B. Beginning July 1, 2020, the committee established pursuant to subsection A
shall publish quarterly continuous quality improvement reports setting forth
such data and information as the committee shall deem appropriate on a website
maintained by the Department. Each facility shall submit quarterly continuous
quality improvement reports containing such data and information as may be
required by the committee at such times as may be required by the committee, for
inclusion in the committee&#8217;s quarterly continuous quality improvement
report.

HISTORY: 2019, cc. 320, 463.