(a) A
hospital plan of risk management shall provide for certification by the
individual or entities so empowered in the plan of risk management to be made
to the Insurance Commissioner of satisfactory compliance with the following:
(1) The Medical Practice Act of 1985
(63
P. S. §§
422.1-422.45); the Osteopathic
Medical Practice Act (63 P. S. §§
271.1-271.18) or the Podiatry
Practice Act (63 P. S. §§
42.1-42.21c).
(2) The provisions for professional standards
review in section 1160 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.A. §
1320c-9).
(3) A 3-year accreditation by the Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals.
(4) The continuing education requirements of
the Pennsylvania Medical Society, the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical
Association, the Pennsylvania Podiatry Association or their
equivalent.
(b) An
institutional plan of risk management for nursing homes shall include
certification by the management to the Insurance Commissioner of satisfactory
compliance with one of the following:
(1)
Licensure provisions for long-term care facilities at 28 Pa. Code Part IV,
Subpart C (relating to long term care facilities).
(2) American National Standards Institute
specifications for building and facilities accessible to and used by physically
handicapped, and the Pennsylvania standards and specifications for access by
the physically handicapped applicable to facilities constructed with
Commonwealth funds set by sections 1-3.1 of the act of September 1, 1965 (P. L.
459, No. 235) (
71 P. S. §§
1455.1-
1455.3a) and 34 Pa. Code
§§
47.111-
47.131 (relating to facilities for handicapped).
Notes
The provisions
of this § 244.3 adopted July 1, 1977, effective
7/2/1977, 7 Pa.B. 1817; amended
November 11, 1977, effective 11/12/1977, 7 Pa.B. 3305; renumbered February
9, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 498; amended September 18, 1987, effective
11/18/1987, 17 Pa.B.
3742.
The provisions of this § 244.3 amended under The
Insurance Department Act of 1921 (40 P. S. §§
1-321); The Insurance Company
Law of 1921 (40 P. S. §§
341-991); and sections 206, 506,
1501 and 1502 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §§
66,
186,
411 and
412); and the Health Care
Services Malpractice Act (40 P. S. §§
1301.101-1301.1006).
This section cited in 31 Pa. Code §
244.4 (relating to standards for
noninstitutional plan of risk
management).
