1. (a) The responsible party, the client’s family and the residential service provider, if applicable, shall be immediately notified by phone of a client’s death at the center.

2. (b) Within 24 hours after a death of a client occurs at the center, the center operator shall complete and send copies of a death report on a form specified by the Department to the following:

   1. (1) The Department.
   2. (2) The funding agency when the services of the deceased client are being publicly funded.
   3. (3) The mental health and mental retardation program of the county in which the center is located if the deceased client had mental illness or mental retardation.
3. (c) A copy of the report required by subsection (b) shall be kept in the deceased client’s record.

Cross References

This section cited in 6 Pa. Code § 11.212 (relating to applicability).