S1370: Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Legislative Summary

Providing requirements for issuance, denial, suspension, and revocation of ambulatory surgical center licenses; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to make or cause to be made specified inspections of licensed facilities; requiring the agency to coordinate periodic inspections to minimize costs and disruption of services; providing that specified provisions govern the design, construction, erection, alteration, modification, repair, and demolition of licensed facilities; requiring licensed facilities to establish an internal risk management program; providing certain investigative and reporting requirements for internal risk managers relating to the investigation and reporting of allegations of sexual misconduct or sexual abuse at licensed facilities, etc.