Rule 111-8-53-.20 - Reporting to the Department(1) A narcotic treatment program shall report to the Department within 24 hours and also follow the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities reporting protocol whenever any of the following incidents involving patients occurs or the program has reasonable cause to believe that such an incident involving a patient has occurred: (a) Any death of a patient;(b) Any rape that occurs in the program;(c) Any serious injury to a patient while at the program that requires medical attention;(d) Any assault on a patient, any battery on a patient, or any abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a patient by program staff; and(e) An external disaster or other emergency situation that affects the continued safe operation of the program.(2) The report shall be received by the Department in confidence and shall include at least: (a) The name of the program and the name of the administrator or clinical director;(b) The date of the incident and the date the program became aware of the incident;(c) The type of incident suspected, with a brief description of the incident; and(d) Any immediate corrective or preventative action taken by the program to ensure against the replication of the incident.(3) Where the Department determines that a rule violation related to the incident has occurred, the Department will initiate a separate complaint investigation of the incident. The complaint investigation report and the report of any rule violation compiled by the Department arising either from the initial report received from the program or an independent source shall be subject to disclosure in accordance with applicable laws.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 111-8-53-.20
O.C.G.A. §§ 26-5-2et seq., 31-2-5, 31-2-7.
Original Rule entitled "Reporting to the Department" adopted. F. Sep. 9, 2013; eff. Sept. 29, 2013.Amended: F. Feb. 15, 2018; eff. Mar. 7, 2018.