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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 4. (1) Beginning January 1, 2009, a qualified hospital patient safety organization shall create a nonpunitive, confidential reporting system to collect data regarding serious adverse events that occur in hospitals for the purpose of improving patient safety and to facilitate the safe delivery of health care in hospitals in this state.
(2) A qualified hospital patient safety organization shall annually develop and distribute a public report for the purpose of improving patient safety and to facilitate the safe delivery of health care in hospitals in this state.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) “Hospital” means that term as defined in section 20106 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20106.
(b) “Qualified hospital patient safety organization” means a patient safety organization that was incorporated under state law before January 1, 2009 by an organization with a membership of at least 75% of all hospitals in this state and is organized to do the activities of a patient safety organization as described in 42 USC 299b-24.
(c) “Serious adverse event” includes, but is not limited to, those events listed by the national quality forum in its publication entitled “Serious Reportable Events in Healthcare 2006 Update”.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 331. Hospitals § 331.534 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mi/chapter-331-hospitals/mi-comp-laws-331-534/
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