55 Pa. Code § 2600.16 - Reportable incidents and conditions
(a) A reportable incident or condition
includes the following:
(1) The death of a
resident.
(2) A physical act by a
resident to commit suicide.
(3) A
serious bodily injury or trauma requiring treatment at a hospital or medical
facility. This does not include minor injuries such as sprains or minor
cuts.
(5) An unexplained absence
of a resident for 24 hours or more, or when the support plan so provides, a
period of less than 24 hours, or an absence of a resident from a secured
dementia care unit.
(6) Misuse of a
resident's funds by the home's staff persons or legal entity.
(7) An outbreak of a serious communicable
disease as defined in 28 Pa. Code §27.2 (relating to specific identified
reportable diseases, infections and conditions).
(8) Food poisoning of residents.
(9) A physical or sexual assault by or
against a resident.
(10) Fire or
structural damage to the home.
(11)
An incident requiring the services of an emergency management agency, fire
department or law enforcement agency, except for false alarms.
(12) A complaint of resident abuse, suspected
resident abuse or referral of a complaint of resident abuse to a local
authority.
(13) A prescription
medication error as defined in §
2600.188 (relating to medication
errors.)
(14) An emergency in which
the procedures under §
2600.107 (relating to emergency
preparedness) are implemented.
(15)
An unscheduled closure of the home or the relocation of the
residents.
(16) Bankruptcy filed by
the legal entity.
(17) A criminal
conviction against the legal entity, administrator or staff that are subsequent
to the reporting on the criminal history checks under §
2600.51 (relating to criminal
history checks).
(18) A termination
notice from a utility.
(19) A
violation of the health and safety laws listed in §
2600.18 (relating to applicable
health and safety laws).
(b) The home shall develop and implement
written policies and procedures on the prevention, reporting, notification,
investigation and management of reportable incidents and conditions.
(c) The home shall report the incident or
condition to the Department's personal care home regional office or the
personal care home complaint hotline within 24 hours in a manner designated by
the Department. Abuse reporting shall also follow the guidelines in §
2600.15 (relating to abuse
reporting covered by law).
(d) The
home shall submit a final report, on a form prescribed by the Department, to
the Department's personal care home regional office immediately following the
conclusion of the investigation.
(e)
If the home's final report validates the occurrence of the alleged incident or
condition, the affected resident and other residents who could potentially be
harmed or his designated person shall also be informed immediately following
the conclusion of the investigation.
(f) The home shall keep a copy of the report
of the reportable incident or condition.
Notes
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 2600.25 (relating to resident-home contract).
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