31A-8-404. Annual audit of internal quality control.
Each organization shall prepare an annual report of the effectiveness of the organization's
internal quality control. The report shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner after
consultation with the director of the Department of Health, and shall be certified and signed by
two officers of the organization. The commissioner may at any time require an audit of an
organization's quality control system. The audit shall be performed by qualified persons
designated by the commissioner. Auditors shall have full access to all records of the organization
and its providers, including medical records of individual patients. The information contained in
the medical records of individual patients shall remain confidential, and information derived from
those 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 of
the audit and any findings or conclusions of the auditors are privileged and are not subject to
discovery, use, or receipt in evidence in any legal proceeding except hearings before the
commissioner or the director of the Department of Health concerning alleged violations of the
provisions of this chapter.
Amended by Chapter 314, 1994 General Session
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