S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-93.600.601

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 61-93.600.601 - Accidents and Incidents (II)

A. The Facility shall maintain a record of each accident and/or incident, including usage of mechanical and/or physical restraints, involving Patients, Staff members or Volunteers, occurring in the Facility or on the Facility grounds. The Facility shall retain all documented incidents reported pursuant to this section six (6) years after the Patient stops receiving services at the Facility.

B. The Facility shall report the following types of incidents to the next of kin or responsible party at the earliest practicable hour, not exceeding twenty-four (24) hours of the incident. The Facility shall report the following types of incidents to the Department immediately, not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours, via the Department's electronic reporting system or as otherwise determined by the Department. incidents requiring reporting include, but are not limited to:

1. Confirmed or Suspected Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation against a Patient by Facility Staff;

2. Crimes committed against Patients;

3. Death: For Residential Facilities, any Patient's death in the Facility or on the Facility grounds; for Opioid Treatment Programs, any Patient's death regardless of location;

4. Overdose reversal (naloxone);

5. Elopement (Residential Facility only);

6. Bone fracture or joint fracture;

7. Hospitalization as a result of accident and/or incident;

8. Medication Error;

9. Attempted Suicide; and

10. Severe injury involving use of restraint.

C. The Facility shall submit a separate written investigation report within five (5) days of every incident required to be immediately reported to the Department pursuant to Section 601.B via the Department's electronic reporting system or as otherwise determined by the Department. Reports submitted to the Department shall contain only: Facility name, License number, type of accident and/or incident, the date of accident and/or incident occurred, number of Patients directly injured or affected, Patient medical record identification number, Patient age and sex, number of Staff directly injured or affected, number of visitors directly injured or affected, witness(es) name(s), identified cause of accident and/or incident, internal investigation results if cause unknown, a brief description of the accident and/or incident including location where occurred, and treatment of injuries.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-93.600.601

Added by State Register Volume 44, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/26/2020.