- (a) The therapeutic community shall have written policies and procedures requiring documentation and reporting of critical incidents.
(b) The documentation for critical incidents shall contain, minimally:
- (1) The facility name and name and signature of the person or persons reporting the incident;
- (2) The name of the client or clients, staff person or persons, or others involved in the incident;
- (3) The time, place, and date the incident occurred;
- (4) The time and date the incident was reported and name of the person within the facility to whom it was reported;
- (5) A description of the incident;
(6)
- (A) The severity of each injury, if applicable.
- (B) Severity shall be indicated as follows:
(i) No off-site medical care required or first-aid care administered onsite;
(ii) Medical care by a physician or nurse or follow-up attention required; or
- (iii) Hospitalization or immediate off-site medical attention was required; and
(7) Resolution or action taken, date action taken, and signature of the therapeutic community director.
- (c)
- (1) The therapeutic community shall report those critical incidents to the Department of Human Services that include.
- (2) Critical incidents involving allegations constituting a sentinel event or resident abuse shall be reported to the department immediately via telephone or fax, but not less than twenty-four (24) hours of the incident.
(3) If reported by telephone, the report shall be followed with a written report within twenty-four (24) hours.
- (d) The therapeutic community shall document and monitor internally, with a quality assurance and improvement process that will be made available for review and/or audit by an appropriate agency, the following: critical incidents requiring medical care by a physician or nurse or follow-up attention and incidents requiring hospitalization or immediate off-site medical attention.