No. 29116: R380-200. Patient Safety Sentinel Event Reporting

DAR File No.: 29116
Filed: 10/10/2006, 01:57
Received by: NL

NOTICE OF REVIEW AND STATEMENT OF CONTINUATION

Concise explanation of the particular statutory provisions under which the rule is enacted and how these provisions authorize or require the rule:

Subsections 26-1-30(2)(a), (b), (d), (e), and (g) authorize the Department of Health to undertake activities to protect the health and wellness of the people of the state, to prevent illness, and to provide for the detection, reporting, prevention, and control of health hazards, to collect information on causes of injury, sickness and death, and to establish programs for the promotion of public health. This rule requires the reporting of hospital-based injuries in an effort to improve systems to eliminate the causes of hospital-based injuries. Section 26-3-8 allows the Department of Health to withhold personally identifiable information from disclosure. This rule provides that the Department of Health exercises its discretion to withhold certain information reported under this rule.

Summary of written comments received during and since the last five-year review of the rule from interested persons supporting or opposing the rule:

No written comments have been received.

Reasoned justification for continuation of the rule, including reasons why the agency disagrees with comments in opposition to the rule, if any:

Concern over patient safety in medical care continues to grow with the identification of the National Quality Forum (NQF) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) never events, hospital-acquired infections, and medication errors. This rule is necessary to focus the industry on statewide interventions, to provide state wide surveillance, and to assure statewide accountability. Therefore, this rule should be continued.

The full text of this rule may be inspected, during regular business hours, at the Division of Administrative Rules, or at:

Health
Administration
CANNON HEALTH BLDG
288 N 1460 W
SALT LAKE CITY UT 84116-3231

Direct questions regarding this rule to:

Iona Thraen at the above address, by phone at 801-538-6471, by FAX at 801-538-7053, or by Internet E-mail at [e-mail]

Authorized by:

David N. Sundwall, Executive Director