37.106.1112    MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FACILITIES: INFECTION CONTROL

(1) A medical assistance facility must:

(a) Ensure the facility constitutes a sanitary environment adequate to avoid sources and prevent transmission of infections and communicable diseases.

(b) Designate a member of the medical staff as infection control officer and ensure that the officer:

(i) develops and implements policies governing control of infections and communicable diseases;

(ii) develops a system for identifying, reporting, investigating, and controlling infections and communicable diseases of patients and personnel; and

(iii) maintains a log of incidents related to infections and communicable diseases.

History: Sec. 50-5-103, MCA; IMP, Sec. 50-5-101, 50-5-103 and 50-5-204, MCA; NEW, 1989 MAR p. 663, Eff. 4/28/89; TRANS, from DHES, 2002 MAR p. 185.