Purpose — Findings

1. Law
2. Arkansas Code
3. Public Health and Welfare
4. Health and Safety
5. Long-Term Care Facilities and Services
6. Long-Term Care Quality Assurance
7. Purpose — Findings

1. (a) The purpose of the quality assurance committee in a long-term care facility is to evaluate and improve the quality of health care rendered to residents of the facility.

2. (b) The General Assembly finds that:

   1. (1) Confidentiality of committee proceedings and records is key to improving the quality of care in long-term care facilities by promoting thorough and candid discussions for a full review and analysis of care processes; and

   2. (2) The work of the quality assurance committee is an ongoing process in which individuals from various disciplines meet as a committee to:

      1. (A) Ensure that current practice standards are maintained;

      2. (B) Prevent deviations from care practices to the extent possible;

      3. (C) Track, trend, and identify care concerns; and

      4. (D) Correct inappropriate care processes.

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