Vermont § 1915 - Hospital obligations The rules adopted pursuant to this chapter shall require hospitals to:

§ 1915. Hospital obligations The rules adopted pursuant to this chapter shall require hospitals to:

• (1) develop, maintain, and implement internal policies and procedures that meet the standards
  of the Department to: (A) identify, track, and analyze reportable adverse events, adverse events, and near misses; (B) determine what type of causal analysis, if any, is appropriate; (C) conduct causal analyses and develop corrective action plans; and (D) disclose to patients, or, in the case of a patient death, an adult member of the immediate
  family, at a minimum, adverse events that cause death or serious bodily injury; (2) report reportable adverse events to the Department; (3) provide the Department with copies of its causal analysis and corrective action plan
  in connection with each reportable adverse event; (4) for reportable adverse events that must also by law be reported to other departments
  or agencies, notify the Department of Health or provide a copy of any written report
  and provide any causal analysis information required by the Department; and (5) for the purpose of evaluating a hospital’s compliance with the provisions of this
  chapter, provide the Commissioner and designees reasonable access to: (A) information protected by the provisions of the patient’s privilege under 12 V.S.A. § 1612