2. Committee membership will serve as a functional group, designated individuals charged with implementing a continuous program for monitoring services, identifying problem areas, data collection, compiling reports of findings, and pursuing corrective actions to address identified problems with care and services.

3. The Committee shall function as an advisory group, which serves as the organizational line of communication between departments and administration with respect to facility services for the purpose of assuring compliance with Federal and State regulatory and licensing requirements, ensuring the appropriate and efficient utilization of facility services, and for facilitating improvement in services.

4. The Quality Assessment and Improvement Committee shall meet at least quarterly, in accordance with applicable Federal and State rules, regulations, and standards, for the purpose of administering a quality assessment and improvement program, and for the periodic assessment of the appropriate and efficient utilization of facility services at designated intervals. Minutes of each of these meetings will be kept, and copies of the meeting minutes will be forwarded to the Director, Division of Veterans Healthcare Services/designee, for review.