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This law was first created in 2019. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 320<\/a> and 463<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1464687,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367616,"identifier":"53.1-17.1","token":"53.1\/1\/3\/53.1-17.1","url":"\/53.1-17.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-17.1\/","token":"53.1\/1\/3\/53.1-17.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Continuous quality improvement committee; report","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-17.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Director<\/span> shall establish a health care continuous quality improvement committee, which shall be composed of the Director<\/span>, or his designee, and at least one of each of the following: a health services director<\/span>, physician, nurse, dentist, mental health director<\/span>, pharmacist, psychiatrist, specialist in infection control, and grievance counselor employed by the Department<\/span>. The committee shall (i) identify appropriate criteria for evaluation of the quality of health care services provided by the Department<\/span>, (ii) monitor and evaluate the quality of health care services provided by the Department<\/span> utilizing the criteria identified, and (iii) develop strategies to improve the quality of health care services provided by the Department<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Beginning July 1, 2020, the committee established pursuant to subsection A shall publish quarterly continuous quality improvement reports setting forth such data and information as the committee shall deem appropriate on a website maintained by the Department<\/span>. Each facility shall submit quarterly continuous quality improvement reports containing such data and information as may be required by the committee at such times as may be required by the committee, for inclusion in the committee’s quarterly continuous quality improvement report. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE; REPORT (\u00a7 53.1-17.1)\n\nA. The Director shall establish a health care continuous quality improvement\ncommittee, which shall be composed of the Director, or his designee, and at\nleast one of each of the following: a health services director, physician,\nnurse, dentist, mental health director, pharmacist, psychiatrist, specialist in\ninfection control, and grievance counselor employed by the Department. The\ncommittee shall (i) identify appropriate criteria for evaluation of the quality\nof health care services provided by the Department, (ii) monitor and evaluate\nthe quality of health care services provided by the Department utilizing the\ncriteria identified, and (iii) develop strategies to improve the quality of\nhealth care services provided by the Department.\n\nB. Beginning July 1, 2020, the committee established pursuant to subsection A\nshall publish quarterly continuous quality improvement reports setting forth\nsuch data and information as the committee shall deem appropriate on a website\nmaintained by the Department. Each facility shall submit quarterly continuous\nquality improvement reports containing such data and information as may be\nrequired by the committee at such times as may be required by the committee, for\ninclusion in the committee’s quarterly continuous quality improvement\nreport.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, cc. 320, 463.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}