1. The Department shall, by regulation:

(a) Prescribe the information that each surgical center for ambulatory patients in this State must submit to the Department for the program as set forth in NRS 439A.240 and the form for submission of such information.

(b) Prescribe the measures of quality for surgical centers for ambulatory patients that are required pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 439A.240. In adopting the regulations, the Department shall:

(1) Use measures of quality which are substantially similar to those required pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 439A.230;

(2) Prescribe a reasonable number of measures of quality which must not be unduly burdensome on the surgical centers for ambulatory patients; and

(3) Take into consideration the financial burden placed on the surgical centers for ambulatory patients to comply with the regulations.

The measures prescribed pursuant to this paragraph must report health outcomes of surgical centers for ambulatory patients, which do not necessarily correlate with the outpatient treatments posted on the Internet website pursuant to NRS 439A.270.

(c) Require each surgical center for ambulatory patients to provide the information prescribed in paragraphs (a) and (b) in the format required by the Department.

(d) Prescribe which surgical centers for ambulatory patients in this State must participate in the program established pursuant to NRS 439A.240.

2. The information required pursuant to this section and NRS 439A.240 must be submitted to the Department not later than 45 days after the last day of each calendar month.

3. If a surgical center for ambulatory patients fails to submit the information required pursuant to this section or NRS 439A.240 or submits information that is incomplete or inaccurate, the Department shall send a notice of such failure to the surgical center for ambulatory patients and to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 2352)