(1) The Oregon Patient Safety Commission shall make rules establishing requirements and procedures as necessary to implement ORS § 31.260 to 31.278, including, but not limited to:

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(a) Procedures for filing a notice of adverse health care incident under ORS § 31.262 and for conducting discussions and mediations under ORS § 31.264 and 31.268.

(b) The form of the notice of adverse health care incident under ORS § 31.262.

(2) The commission shall use notices of adverse health care incidents filed under ORS § 31.262 to:

(a) Establish quality improvement techniques to reduce patient care errors that contribute to adverse health care incidents.

(b) Develop evidence-based prevention practices to improve patient outcomes and disseminate information about those practices.

(c) Upon the request of a health care facility or health care provider, assist the facility or provider in reducing the frequency of a particular adverse health care incident, including, but not limited to, determining the underlying cause of the incident and providing advice regarding preventing reoccurrence of the incident. [2013 c.5 § 9]