Please provide us with your comments on the current standards for the Behavioral Health Care, Laboratory, and Long-Term Care programs by sending a letter to:
The Joint Commission
Division of Standards & Survey Methods
Standards Improvement Initiative
One Renaissance Blvd.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Make sure your comments address the following questions with regard to current requirements:
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Which program and chapter are you addressing?
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Do your comments represent your own perspective or that of an organization/association?
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Are there any standards and elements of performance that you would like us to review for clarity?
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Are there any issues related to safe and high quality care that are not addressed in the standards and elements of performance?
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Are there any standards or elements of performance that do not contribute to safe and high quality care?
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Are there any rationales that do not adequately explain the reason for the standard and elements of performance?
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Are there any footnotes that do not help you to understand the standard and elements of performance?
Comments on current requirements will be gathered for six weeks beginning on May 6, 2008.
Reminder: The scope of SII is limited to revisions of current standards; it is not designed to introduce new requirements. Improvements to the standards are targeted for implementation in January 2010. Recommendations for new requirements will be considered for future standards development.