- A. A hospital shall report any level 1 adverse event to the Department within 5 days of the hospital's knowledge that the event occurred.
- B. A hospital shall submit the root cause analysis and action plan for the level 1 adverse event to the Department within 60 days of the hospital's knowledge of the occurrence.
- C. Any root cause analysis and any other medical review committee information submitted to the Department and the identity of individuals appointed to the interdisciplinary root cause analysis team are confidential under Health Occupations Article, §1-401, Annotated Code of Maryland and are not discoverable, disclosable, or admissible as evidence in any civil action or available under the Maryland Public Information Act.
- D. If the Department receives a complaint alleging a level 1 adverse event, the Department may accept the root cause analysis as a hospital's internal investigation under Health-General Article, §19-309(b), Annotated Code of Maryland.
Authority: Health-General Article, §§19-308 and 19-319, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: March 15, 2004 (31:5 Md. R. 448)
Regulation .15B amended effective February 26, 2018 (45:4 Md. R. 206)
Regulation .17 adopted effective February 26, 2018 (45:4 Md. R. 206)