Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 8 - Medicaid Coverage and Payment
Chapter 130 - Medicaid Coverage; Home and Community-Based Waiver Services
Article 2 - Home and Community-Based Waiver Services; Nursing Facility and ICF/MR Level of Care
7 AAC 130.224 - Critical incident reporting
Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 130.224
Current through November 28, 2024
(a) A provider shall report to the department, in a format provided by the department, a critical incident involving a recipient not later than one business day after observing or learning of the critical incident.
(b) A provider shall develop and implement a system to manage and report critical incidents that includes
(1) methods for identifying a critical
incident;
(2) a protocol for
emergency response to a critical incident;
(3) procedures for investigating and
analyzing a critical incident to determine its cause;
(4) a plan to ensure that each member of the
provider's staff is trained in critical incident management and reporting;
and
(5) a process that ensures
timely reporting of a critical incident to
(A) the department and the recipient's
representative; and
(B) other
service providers when necessary to protect the recipient's health, safety, and
welfare; the provider shall maintain a record of names of the providers that
are sent incident reports and the date sent.
(c) In this section,
(1) "critical incident" means
(A) a missing recipient;
(B) recipient behavior that resulted in harm
to the recipient or others;
(C)
misuse of restrictive interventions; in this subparagraph, "restrictive
intervention" has the meaning given in
7
AAC 130.229(g);
(D) a use of restrictive intervention that
resulted in the need for evaluation by or consultation with medical personnel;
in this subparagraph, "restrictive intervention" has the meaning given in
7
AAC 130.229(g);
(E) death of a recipient;
(F) an accident, an injury, or another
unexpected event that affected the recipient's health, safety, or welfare to
the extent evaluation by or consultation with medical personnel was needed;
(G) a medication error that
resulted in the need for evaluation by or consultation with medical personnel;
in this subparagraph, "medication error" has the meaning given in 7 AAC
130.2270);
(H) an event that
involved the recipient and a response from a peace officer;
(2) "evaluation by or consultation
with medical personnel" means analysis of the incident with respect to a
recipient's health, safety, and welfare for the purpose of determining an
appropriate treatment or course of action.
Authority:AS 47.05.010
AS 47.07.030
AS 47.07.040
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