Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 111-8-62-.30 - Reporting
(1) The staff of
the personal care home must call the local police department to report the
elopement of any resident from the home within 30 minutes of the staff
receiving actual knowledge that such person is missing from the home in
accordance with the Mattie's Call Act and the requirements set forth in
O.C.G.A. §
35-3-170et seq.
The home must also report the initiation and discontinuation of a
Mattie's call to the Department utilizing the complaint intake system within 30
minutes of communications with local law enforcement authorities having
occurred.
(2) The personal care
home must report a serious incident using the complaint intake system and
location designated by the Department within 24 hours following the occurrence
of a serious incident or the home's learning that a serious incident involving
a resident may have occurred. The serious incidents that must be reported to
the Department include the following:
(a) Any
accidental or unanticipated death of a resident not directly related to the
natural course of the resident's underlying medical condition.
(b) Any serious injury to a resident that
requires medical treatment.
(c) Any
rape, assault, any battery on a resident, or any abuse, neglect, or
exploitation of a resident in accordance with the Long Term Care Resident Abuse
Reporting Act O.C.G.A. §
31-8-80et
seq.
(d) An external
disaster or other emergency situation that affects the continued safe operation
of the residence.
(e) Any
circumstances where a member of the governing body, administration, staff
associated with or affiliated with the personal care home, or family member of
staff becomes associated with an account at a financial institution, will,
trust, benefit of substantial value or life insurance policy of a resident or
former resident to verify that such gift is knowingly and voluntarily made and
not the result of any coercion.
(f)
When an owner, director or employee acquires a criminal record as defined in
these rules.
(3) The
incident report, submitted through the home's peer review process will be
received by the Department in confidence and must include at least:
(a) The name of the personal care home and
the name of the administrator or site manager.
(b) The date of the incident and the date the
personal care home became aware of the incident.
(c) The type of incident suspected, with a
brief description of the incident.
(d) Any subsequent remedial and quality
measures determined through peer review to be taken by the personal care home
to make such injury or harm arising from the particular incident less likely to
recur.
(4) Where the
Department determines that a rule violation related to the reported 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 personal care home or an independent source is subject to
disclosure in accordance with applicable laws.
Notes
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