- A. A hospital that admits a patient with a condition resulting from a level 1 or level 2 adverse event that the hospital perceives may be related to care that was provided at another Maryland hospital and that appears to be unknown to the other hospital at the time of discharge shall notify and provide any necessary information to the appropriate medical review committee at the hospital where the adverse event allegedly occurred.
- B. The hospital where the event allegedly occurred shall conduct a root cause analysis and provide notice to the Department in accordance with this chapter.
- C. The hospital where the event allegedly occurred shall notify the patient or the patient's family in accordance with this chapter.
- D. All communication that occurs in accordance with §§A—B of this regulation is confidential under Health Occupations Article, §1-401, 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)