31A-8-404 - Annual audit of internal quality control. - Utah Statutes

31A-8-404. Annual audit of internal quality control.
Each organization shall prepare an annual report of the effectiveness of the organization'sinternal quality control. The report shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner afterconsultation with the director of the Department of Health, and shall be certified and signed bytwo officers of the organization. The commissioner may at any time require an audit of anorganization's quality control system. The audit shall be performed by qualified personsdesignated by the commissioner. Auditors shall have full access to all records of the organizationand its providers, including medical records of individual patients. The information contained inthe medical records of individual patients shall remain confidential, and information derived fromthose records may not be used in a manner that could directly or indirectly identify an individual. All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, or other data furnished by reason ofthe audit and any findings or conclusions of the auditors are privileged and are not subject todiscovery, use, or receipt in evidence in any legal proceeding except hearings before thecommissioner or the director of the Department of Health concerning alleged violations of theprovisions of this chapter.

Amended by Chapter 314, 1994 General Session