Rule 5122-14-14 | Incident notification and risk management.
(A) This rule establishes standards to ensure the prompt and accurate notification of certain prescribed incidents. It also requires the agency to review and analyze all incidents so that it might identify and implement corrective measures designed to prevent recurrence and manage risk.
(B) Definitions
(1) "Incident" means an event that poses a danger to the health and safety of patients and/or staff and visitors of the hospital, and is not consistent with routine care of persons served or routine operation of the hospital.
(2) "Reportable incident" means an incident that must be submitted to the department, including incidents that must then be forwarded by the department to disability rights Ohio. As referenced in division (E) of section 5119.36 of the Revised Code, "major unusual incident" has the same meaning as "reportable incident."
(3) "Six month reportable incident" means an incident type of which limited information must be reported to the department. A six month reportable incident is not the same as a reportable incident.
(4) "Six month incident data report" means a data report which must be submitted to the department.
(C) The inpatient psychiatric service provider shall develop an incident reporting system to include a mechanism for the review and analysis of all reportable incidents such that clinical and administrative activities are undertaken to identify, evaluate, and reduce risk to patients, staff, and visitors. The inpatient psychiatric service provider shall identify in policy other incidents to be reviewed and analyzed.
(1) An incident report shall be submitted in written form to the inpatient psychiatric service provider's chief executive officer or designee within twenty-four hours of discovery of the incident.
(2) As part of the inpatient psychiatric service provider's performance improvement process, a periodic review and analysis of reportable incidents, and other incidents as defined in policy, shall be performed.
(3) The inpatient psychiatric service provider shall maintain an ongoing log of its reportable incidents for departmental review.
(D) Any person who has knowledge of any instance of abuse or neglect, or alleged or suspected abuse or neglect, or of an alleged crime which would constitute a felony, of:
(1) Any child or adolescent, shall immediately notify any alleged or suspected abuse or neglect to the county children's services board, the designated child protective agency, or law enforcement authorities, in accordance with section 2151.421 of the Revised Code, or of an alleged crime against a child or adolescent which would constitute a felony, including a crime allegedly committed by another child or adolescent which would constitute a felony if committed by an adult, shall immediately notify law enforcement authorities.
(2) An elderly person, shall immediately notify the appropriate law enforcement and county department of jobs and family services authorities in accordance with section 5101.61 of the Revised Code.
(E) Each inpatient psychiatric service provider shall submit reportable incidents and six month reportable incidents as defined by and according to the schedule included in appendix A to the rule.
(F) Each reportable incident shall be documented on form "DMH-LIC-013" as required by the department, and shall be forwarded to the department within twenty-four hours of its discovery, exclusive of weekends and holidays. Form "DMH-LIC-013" shall include identifying information about the inpatient psychiatric service provider, date, time and type of incident, and client information that has been de-identified pursuant to the HIPAA privacy regulations, [45 C.F.R.164.514(b)(2)].
(1) The inpatient psychiatric service provider shall file only one incident form per event occurrence and identify each incident report category, if more than one, and include information regarding all involved patients, staff, and visitors.
(2) The inpatient psychiatric service provider shall notify the patient's parent, guardian or custodian, if applicable, within twenty-four hours of discovery of a reportable incident, and document such notification.
(a) Notification may be made by phone, mailing, faxing or e-mailing a copy of the incident form, or other means according to inpatient psychiatric service provider policy and procedures.
(b) When notification does not include sending a copy of the incident form, the inpatient psychiatric service provider must inform the parent, guardian or custodian, of his/her right to receive a copy, and forward a copy within twenty-four hours of receiving a request for a copy. The inpatient psychiatric service provider shall document compliance with the provisions of this paragraph.
(G) Each inpatient psychiatric service provider shall submit a six month incident data report to the department utilizing the form that is in appendix B to this rule.
The six month data report must be submitted according to the following schedule:
(1) The six month data report for the period of January first to June thirtieth of each year shall be submitted no later than July thirty-first of the same year; and
(2) The six month data report for the period of July first to December thirty-first of each year shall be submitted no later than January thirty-first of the following year.
(H) The department may initiate follow-up and further investigation of a reportable incident and six month reportable incidents, as deemed necessary and appropriate, or may request such follow-up and investigation by the inpatient psychiatric service provider, and/or regulatory or enforcement authority.
Last updated April 5, 2024 at 9:06 AM
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