Section 7 AAC 130.224 - Critical incident reporting(a) A provider shall report to the department, in a format provided by the department, a critical incident involving a recipient not later than one business day after observing or learning of the critical incident.(b) A provider shall develop and implement a system to manage and report critical incidents that includes (1) methods for identifying a critical incident;(2) a protocol for emergency response to a critical incident;(3) procedures for investigating and analyzing a critical incident to determine its cause;(4) a plan to ensure that each member of the provider's staff is trained in critical incident management and reporting; and(5) a process that ensures timely reporting of a critical incident to (A) the department and the recipient's representative; and(B) other service providers when necessary to protect the recipient's health, safety, and welfare; the provider shall maintain a record of names of the providers that are sent incident reports and the date sent.(c) In this section, (1) "critical incident" means (B) recipient behavior that resulted in harm to the recipient or others; (C) misuse of restrictive interventions; in this subparagraph, "restrictive intervention" has the meaning given in 7 AAC 130.229(g); (D) a use of restrictive intervention that resulted in the need for evaluation by or consultation with medical personnel; in this subparagraph, "restrictive intervention" has the meaning given in 7 AAC 130.229(g); (E) death of a recipient; (F) an accident, an injury, or another unexpected event that affected the recipient's health, safety, or welfare to the extent evaluation by or consultation with medical personnel was needed; (G) a medication error that resulted in the need for evaluation by or consultation with medical personnel; in this subparagraph, "medication error" has the meaning given in 7 AAC 130.2270); (H) an event that involved the recipient and a response from a peace officer; (2) "evaluation by or consultation with medical personnel" means analysis of the incident with respect to a recipient's health, safety, and welfare for the purpose of determining an appropriate treatment or course of action.Eff. 7/1/2013, Register 206; am 7/1/2015, Register 214, July 2015; am 11/5/2017,Register 224, January 2018Authority:AS 47.05.010
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