OAR 333-071-0440
Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement

The governing body of an SICF must ensure that there is an effective, written, facility-wide quality assessment and performance improvement program to evaluate and monitor the quality and appropriateness of patient care.
(1) All organized services related to patient care, including services furnished by a contractor must be evaluated.
(2) Written documentation of quality assurance activities shall be recorded at least quarterly.
(3) Health care acquired infections, medication therapy, and blood and blood product transfusions must be evaluated.
(4) All medical services performed in the facility must be evaluated as they relate to appropriateness of diagnosis and treatment.
(5) The facility must have an ongoing plan, consistent with available community and facility resources, to provide and make available social work, psychological, and educational services to meet the medically-related needs of its patients.

Source: Rule 333-071-0440 — Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=333-071-0440.

333‑071‑0200
Purpose and Applicability 333‑071‑0205
Definitions 333‑071‑0210
License Application and Fees 333‑071‑0215
Application Review 333‑071‑0220
Approval of License Application 333‑071‑0225
Fees for Complaint Investigations and Compliance Surveys 333‑071‑0230
Expiration and Renewal of License 333‑071‑0235
Denial of License Application 333‑071‑0240
Return of SICF License and SICF Closure 333‑071‑0245
Discontinuance and Recommencement of Operations 333‑071‑0250
Classification 333‑071‑0260
Waivers 333‑071‑0270
Complaints 333‑071‑0280
Investigations 333‑071‑0290
Surveys 333‑071‑0300
Nurse Staffing Audit and Complaint Investigation Procedures 333‑071‑0310
Violations 333‑071‑0315
Informal Enforcement 333‑071‑0320
Formal Enforcement 333‑071‑0330
Approval of Accrediting Organization 333‑071‑0340
Civil Penalties for Violations of Nurse Staffing Laws 333‑071‑0345
Civil Penalties for Violation of Smoking Prohibition 333‑071‑0350
Civil Penalties, Generally 333‑071‑0360
Governing Body Responsibility 333‑071‑0370
Health Care Practitioner Credentialing 333‑071‑0380
Administrator 333‑071‑0390
Medical Staff 333‑071‑0400
Organization Policies 333‑071‑0410
Patient Rights 333‑071‑0420
Personnel 333‑071‑0430
Medical Records 333‑071‑0440
Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement 333‑071‑0450
Infection Control 333‑071‑0470
Patient Admission and Treatment Orders 333‑071‑0480
Nursing Care Management 333‑071‑0485
Nursing Services 333‑071‑0490
Nurse Executive 333‑071‑0510
Dietary Services 333‑071‑0520
Laboratory Services 333‑071‑0530
Pharmacy Services 333‑071‑0535
Radiology Services 333‑071‑0550
Sanitary Precautions 333‑071‑0560
Safety and Emergency Preparedness 333‑071‑0570
Smoking Prohibition 333‑071‑0580
Physical Environment Requirements
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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