439.841 - Authority of Health Division to request additional information or to conduct audit or investigation; report of findings; payment of costs.

439.841  Authority of Health Division to request additional information or to conduct audit or investigation; report of findings; payment of costs.

      1.  Upon receipt of a report pursuant to NRS 439.835, the Health Division may, as often as deemed necessary by the Administrator to protect the health and safety of the public, request additional information regarding the sentinel event or conduct an audit or investigation of the medical facility.

      2.  A medical facility shall provide to the Health Division any information requested in furtherance of a request for information, an audit or an investigation pursuant to this section.

      3.  If the Health Division conducts an audit or investigation pursuant to this section, the Health Division shall, within 30 days after completing such an audit or investigation, report its findings to the State Board of Health.

      4.  A medical facility which is audited or investigated pursuant to this section shall pay to the Health Division the actual cost of conducting the audit or investigation.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 552)