| 6400.18(c) | Two unusual incidences were not reported within 24 hours. Incident #1 -- 4953828, regarding individual to individual physical abuse, occurred on 8-7-12 -- and was submitted on 8-16-12. Incident #2 -- 4797814, regarding a rights violation, occurred on 6-9-12 -- and was submitted on 6-11-12. Partially implemented progress. KD February 25, 2013. | (c) The home shall orally notify the county mental retardation program of the county in which the home is located, the funding agency and the appropriate regional office of mental retardation, within 24 hours after abuse or suspected abuse of an individual or an incident requiring the services of a fire department or law enforcement agency occurs.
| SLS will notify the appropriate entities via the HCSIS system within 24 hours after abuse or suspected abuse of an individual, or an incident requiring the services of a fire department or law enforcement agency occurs. SLS Management level staff who handle on-call responsibilities, will be instructed that they must notify the appropriate Program Specialist immediately upon report of such an incident. The PS will ensure timely submission of the unusual incident. In addition, the on-call staff will receive an updated instruction sheet regarding reportable incidents/time frames and the expectations of them in terms of this corrective action plan. In both these areas of non-compliance, the direct care staff witnessing the incident immediately notified the appropriate agency personnel. The staff responsible for the submission of the report were negligent in their duties and received disciplinary action. (Termination in one of the cases). SLS will continue to apply administrative sanctions to any management level staff who fail to adhere to any component of the 6400 regulations. This will be monitored on a monthly basis by the program specialist. Five unusual incidents were reviewed at SLS office at the time of inspection -- and all were completed within the required time frames. |
01/07/2013
| Implemented |