(a) A narcotic treatment program shall develop and implement policies and procedures to respond to the following unusual incidents:
- (1) Physical assault by a patient.
- (2) Inappropriate behavior by a patient causing disruption to the narcotic treatment program.
- (3) Selling of drugs on the premises.
- (4) Complaints of patient abuse (physical, verbal, sexual and emotional).
- (5) Death or serious injury due to trauma, suicide, medication error or unusual circumstances.
- (6) Significant disruption of services due to disaster such as fire, storm, flood or other occurrence.
- (7) Incident with potential for negative community reaction or which the facility director believes may lead to community concern.
- (8) Theft, burglary, break-in or similar incident at the facility.
- (9) Drug related hospitalization of a patient.
- (10) Other unusual incidents the narcotic treatment program believes should be documented.
(b) These policies and procedures shall include the following:
- (1) Documentation of the unusual incident.
- (2) Prompt review and investigation.
- (3) Implementation of a timely and appropriate corrective action plan, when indicated.
- (4) Ongoing monitoring of the corrective action plan.
(c) A narcotic treatment program shall file a written Unusual Incident Report with the Department within 48 hours following an unusual incident including the following:
- (1) Complaints of patient abuse (physical, verbal, sexual and emotional).
- (2) Death or serious injury due to trauma, suicide, medication error or unusual circumstances.
- (3) Significant disruption of services due to a disaster such as a fire, storm, flood or other occurrence.
- (4) Incidents with potential for negative community reaction or which the facility director believes may lead to community concern.
- (5) Drug related hospitalization of a patient.