Okla. Admin. Code § 75:30-9-5

Current through Vol. 42, No. 6, December 2, 2024

Section 75:30-9-5 - Critical incidents

(a) The program shall have policies and procedures requiring documentation and reporting of critical incidents.

(b) Each critical incident shall be recorded and monitored as follows:

(1) Agency name, name and signature of the person(s) reporting the critical incident;

(2) Client ID(s), staff member(s), volunteers and/or property, involved in the critical incident;

(3) The date, time and physical location of the critical incident, if known, and the name of the staff or volunteer the incident was reported to;

(4) A description of the incident;

(5) Severity of each injury, if applicable. Severity shall be indicated as follows:

(A) No off-site medical care required or first aid care administered on-site;

(B) Medical care by a physician or nurse or follow-up attention required; or

(C) Hospitalization or immediate off-site medical attention was required; and

(6) Resolution or action taken, date action taken and signature of the agency director or authorized designee;

(c) Critical incidents that shall be reported to the Office of the Attorney General are reported as follows:

(1) Critical incidents requiring medical care by a physician or nurse or follow-up attention and incidents requiring hospitalization or immediate off-site medical attention shall be delivered via fax, or mail, including electronic mail, to the Office of the Attorney General Victims Services Unit within forty-eight (48) hours, or if the incident occurs on a weekend or holiday, the next business day of the incident being documented ; and

(2) Critical incidents involving disaster at a facility, death or client abuse shall be reported to the Safeline at 1-800-522-7233 immediately via telephone. The notification shall be followed with a written report from the reporting agency within twenty-four (24) hours of the incident and delivered via fax or mail, including electronic mail to the Office of the Attorney General Victims Services Unit.

(d) Compliance with 75:30-9-5 shall be determined by a review of policies and procedures, critical incident reports at the program and those submitted to the Office of the Attorney General Victims Services Unit.

Okla. Admin. Code § 75:30-9-5

Added at 28 Ok Reg 1931, eff 7-11-11

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 31, Issue 24, September 2, 2014, eff. 9/12/2014

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 33, Issue 24, September 1, 2016, eff. 9/11/2016

¹ Section 75:30-5-9, as referenced in subsection (d), was editorially renumbered to 75:30-9-5.