                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (§ 54.1-3434.03)

Each pharmacy shall implement a program for continuous quality improvement,
according to regulations of the Board. Such program shall provide for a
systematic, ongoing process of analysis of dispensing errors that uses findings
to formulate an appropriate response and to develop or improve pharmacy systems
and workflow processes designed to prevent or reduce future errors. The Board
shall promulgate regulations to further define the required elements of such
program.
		Any pharmacy that actively reports to a patient safety organization that has
as its primary mission continuous quality improvement under the Patient Safety
and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-41), shall be deemed in compliance
with this section.

HISTORY: 2011, c. 124.