Compliance monitoring

A. The State Department of Health may monitor each hospital’s compliance with the requirements of this act using any of the following methods: 1. Evaluating complaints made by persons to the Department regarding noncompliance with this act; 2. Reviewing any analysis prepared regarding noncompliance with this act; and 3. Auditing the Internet websites of hospitals for compliance with this act. B. If the Department determines that a hospital is not in compliance with a provision of this act, the Department may take any of the following actions: 1. Provide a written notice to the hospital that clearly explains the manner in which the hospital is not in compliance with this act; 2. Request a corrective action plan from the hospital if the hospital has materially violated a provision of this act, as determined under Section 6 of this act; and 3. Impose an administrative penalty on the hospital and publicize the penalty on the Department’s Internet website if the hospital fails to: a. respond to the Department’s request to submit a corrective action plan, or b. comply with the requirements of a corrective action plan submitted to the Department. Added by Laws 2025, c. 298, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.