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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".22" citation="COMAR 10.07.01.22" title_num="10" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="01" heading="Practitioner Performance Evaluation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Consistent with the standards of the Joint Commission for focused and ongoing professional performance evaluations, the hospital shall establish a practitioner performance evaluation process that objectively evaluates the performance of each member of the medical staff.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The hospital’s practitioner performance evaluation process shall include a review of care which shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be undertaken for cases:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Chosen at random; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>With unexpected adverse outcomes;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be based on objective review standards;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Include a review of the appropriateness of the plan of care for the patient, particularly any medical procedures performed on the patient, in relation to the patient’s condition; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Be conducted by members of the medical staff, or at the discretion of the hospital, by external reviewers, who:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Are of the same specialty as the member of the medical staff under review;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Have been trained to perform practitioner performance evaluation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Are not otherwise associated with the case under review.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A hospital shall take into account the results of the practitioner performance evaluation process for a member of the medical staff in the reappointment process.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>