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Authority: AS 18.25.100 7 AAC 13.090. Quality assurance. (a) A facility shall have systematic procedures for the review of the quality of care and the use of services and facilities. (b) The governing board of a facility, or its program director, shall maintain written descriptions of current quality-assurance procedures and shall review and revise the description annually. (c) If a facility employs a mid-level practitioner, the mid-level practitioner’s collaborating physician, if any, must perform on-site quality reviews at least quarterly. (Eff. 3/17/85, Register 93) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.25.100 7 AAC 13.095. Types of services and populations to be served. (a) A facility shall serve the following populations, in the following area of priority, to the extent that primary care services are not available to those populations from other providers:

(1) acutely ill and injured persons;

(2) chronically ill and disabled persons;

(3) persons seeking health maintenance, health promotion or preventive services. (b) A facility shall provide the following services to the above-listed populations in the following order of priority:

(1) diagnostic services within the limits imposed by the availability of diagnostic equipment and any plan of collaboration between the mid-level practitioner and the collaborating physician;