2005 Minnesota Statutes

     256B.0953 Quality assurance process. 

    Subdivision 1.    Process components.  (a) The quality 
 assurance licensing process consists of an evaluation by a 
 quality assurance team of the facility, program, or service 
 according to outcome-based measurements.  The process must 
 include an evaluation of a random sample of program consumers.  
 The sample must be representative of each service provided.  The 
 sample size must be at least five percent of consumers but not 
 less than two consumers.  

    (b) All consumers must be given the opportunity to be 
 included in the quality assurance process in addition to those 
 chosen for the random sample. 

    Subd. 2.    Licensure periods.  (a) In order to be 
 licensed under the alternative quality assurance licensing 
 system, a facility, program, or service must satisfy the health 
 and safety outcomes approved for the alternative quality 
 assurance licensing system. 

    (b) Licensure shall be approved for periods of one to three 
 years for a facility, program, or service that satisfies the 
 requirements of paragraph (a) and achieves the outcome 
 measurements in the categories of consumer evaluation, education 
 and training, providers, and systems. 

    Subd. 3.    Appeals process.  A facility, program, or 
 service may contest a licensing decision of the quality 
 assurance team as permitted under chapter 245A. 

    HIST: 1997 c 203 art 7 s 21; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 3 s 41; 1Sp2005 
 c 4 art 7 s 27