General. On or before March 15, 2004, a hospital shall have in effect a patient safety program that meets the requirements of this chapter. Duties of the Hospital. The hospital shall identify an individual as patient safety coordinator who shall: Coordinate patient safety activities; Facilitate assessment and determination of the appropriate response to reported near-misses and adverse events related to patient care; Monitor root cause analyses and any actions resulting from a root cause analysis; and Provide for flow of information among quality assurance, credentialing, peer review, and any patient safety committee. The hospital shall establish: Patient safety education programs for all staff; and An internal staff committee structure in accordance with Health Occupations Article, §1-401, Annotated Code of Maryland to conduct a review and evaluation of patient safety activities in accordance with this chapter. The governing board of a hospital shall develop a process to review the hospital's patient safety program and to determine the effectiveness of the hospital's patient safety program. Before a committee may operate or review patient safety activities under this chapter, a hospital shall require that the committee meet the requirements for a medical review committee under Health Occupations Article, §1-401, Annotated Code of Maryland.