Title 23, Title 23 and Safety

The powers necessary to carry out the duties of this chapter shall be vested in the director and are as follows: (a) The director shall certify a patient safety organization that has met the following criteria: (1) has a mission statement with one of its purposes to conduct activ…

(a) Each reporting entity may enter into a written contract with a certified PSO in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. (b) Beginning January 1, 2009, a reporting entity may enter into a written contract with a patient safety organization to which it sends patient s…

(a) PSO shall be certified by the department before entering into a contract with a reporting entity. (b) A PSO shall provide guidance to reporting entities on reporting matters, and shall maintain all reports and associated documents as confidential and privileged, including any…

(a) Privilege. Notwithstanding any other provision of federal, state, or local law to the contrary, and subject to subsection (c) herein, patient safety work product and a document log shall be privileged and shall not be: (1) subject to a federal, state, or local civil, criminal…

If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, any invalidity shall not affect the provisions or application of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end…