Section 388-76-10225 - Reporting requirement(1) The adult family home must ensure all staff: (a) Report suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment of a resident: (i) As required by chapter 74.34 RCW;(ii) To the department by calling the complaint toll-free hotline number; and(iii) To the local law enforcement agency when required by RCW 74.34.035.(b) Report the following to the department by calling the complaint toll-free hotline number: (i) Any actual or potential event requiring any resident to be evacuated;(ii) Conditions that threaten the provider's or entity representative's ability to continue to provide care or services to each resident; and(iii) A missing resident.(2) When there is a significant change in a resident's condition, or a serious injury, trauma, or death of a resident, the adult family home must immediately notify: (a) The resident's family;(b) The resident's representative, if one exists;(c) The resident's health care provider;(d) Other appropriate professionals working with the resident;(e) Persons identified in the negotiated care plan; and(f) The resident's case manager if the resident is a department client.(3) Whenever an outbreak of suspected food poisoning or communicable disease occurs, the adult family home must notify: (a) The local public health officer; and(b) The department's complaint toll-free hotline number.(4) The adult family home must notify the department's case management office within twenty-four hours whenever a resident, whose stay is paid for by the department is discharged for more than twenty-four hours on medical leave to a nursing home or hospital.Wash. Admin. Code § 388-76-10225
Statutory Authority: RCW 70.128.040. 10-03-064, § 388-76-10225, filed 1/15/10, effective 2/15/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and 74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, § 388-76-10225, filed 10/16/07, effective 1/1/08.