Okla. Admin. Code § 75:15-9-9

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 75:15-9-9 - 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 and name and signature of the person(s) reporting the critical incident;

(2) Client ID(s), staff member(s), volunteers, and/or propertyinvolved 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) 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) Incidents involving disaster at a facility, death or client abuse shall be reported to the Safe line 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 75:15-9-9 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 § 75:15-9-9

Transferred from 450:19-9-9 by SB 236 (2005), eff 7-1-05 (Editor's Notice published at 22 Ok Reg 2667); Amended at 23 Ok Reg 339, eff 11-8-05 (emergency); Amended at 23 Ok Reg 2200, eff 7-1-06; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2426, eff 7-11-09; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 1906, eff 7-11-11

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