Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-52-2

Current through Register Vol. 44, No. 2, January 9, 2025

Section 28-52-2 - Incident reporting

(a) Each medical care facility shall identify a written form on which employees and health care providers shall report clinical care concerns to the risk manager, chief of staff, or administrator. The original or complete copy of the incident report shall be sent directly to the risk manager, chief of staff, or administrator, as authorized in the facility's risk management plan.

(b) The risk manager, chief of staff, or administrator shall acknowledge the receipt of each incident report in writing. This acknowledgment may be made in the following manner:

(1) file stamping each report;

(2) maintaining a chronological risk management reporting log;

(3) signing or initialing each report in a consistent fashion; or

(4) entering pertinent information into a computer database.

(c) Incident reports, investigational tools, minutes of risk management committees, and other documentation of clinical analysis for each reported incident shall be maintained by the facility for not less than one year following completion of the investigation.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-52-2

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 65-4922; effective Feb. 27, 1998.