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Senate Bill 6247 Imposes Penalties for Failure to Report Adverse Events

By admin | January 14, 2010

Washington’s adverse health events and incident reporting system sets forth notification
and reporting obligations for certain medical facilities, including ambulatory surgical
facilities. When a medical facility confirms that an adverse event has occurred, it is
required to submit to the Washington State Department of Health (the “Department”) a
notification of the event within 48 hours. The notification must include the date of the
adverse event, the type of the adverse event, and any additional contextual information the
facility chooses to provide. The facility also is required to submit a report to the
Department within 45 days. As part of the report, the medical facility must conduct a
root cause analysis of the event and describe the corrective action plan that will be
implemented or provide an explanation of any reasons for not taking corrective action.

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