Section 1248.3 Of Chapter 1.3. Outpatient Settings From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 1.3.
1248.3
. (a) Certificates of accreditation issued to outpatient
settings by an accreditation agency shall be valid for not more than
three years.
(b) The outpatient setting shall notify the accreditation agency
within 30 days of any significant change in ownership, including, but
not limited to, a merger, change in majority interest,
consolidation, name change, change in scope of services, additional
services, or change in locations.
(c) Except for disclosures to the division or to the Division of
Medical Quality under this chapter, an accreditation agency shall not
disclose information obtained in the performance of accreditation
activities under this chapter that individually identifies patients,
individual medical practitioners, or outpatient settings. Neither the
proceedings nor the records of an accreditation agency or the
proceedings and records of an outpatient setting related to
performance of quality assurance or accreditation activities under
this chapter shall be subject to discovery, nor shall the records or
proceedings be admissible in a court of law. The prohibition relating
to discovery and admissibility of records and proceedings does not
apply to any outpatient setting requesting accreditation in the event
that denial or revocation of that outpatient setting's accreditation
is being contested. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the
accreditation agency from making discretionary disclosures of
information to an outpatient setting pertaining to the accreditation
of that outpatient setting.