Florida Administrative Code
64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
64B15 - Board of Osteopathic Medicine
Chapter 64B15-14 - PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS
Section 64B15-14.0075 - Osteopathic Physician Office Incident Reporting
Universal Citation: FL Admin Code R 64B15-14.0075
Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) Definitions.
(a) "Adverse incident" for purposes of
reporting to the department, is defined in Section
459.026, F.S., as an event over
which the osteopathic physician or other licensee could exercise control and
which is associated in whole or in part with a medical intervention, rather
than the condition for which such intervention occurred, and which results in
the following patient injuries;
1. The death
of a patient.
2. Brain or spinal
damage to a patient.
3. The
performance of a surgical procedure on the wrong patient.
4. The performance of a wrong-site surgical
procedure; the performance of a wrong surgical procedure; or the surgical
repair of damage to a patient resulting from a planned surgical procedure where
the damage is not a recognized specific risk as disclosed to the patient and
documented through the informed-consent process and if one of the listed
procedures in this paragraph results in: death; brain or spinal damage;
permanent disfigurement not to include the incision scar; fracture or
dislocation of bones or joints; a limitation of neurological, physical or
sensory function; or any condition that required transfer of the
patient.
5. A procedure to remove
unplanned foreign objects remaining from a surgical procedure.
6. Any condition that required the transfer
of a patient to a hospital licensed under Chapter 395, F.S., from any facility
or any office maintained by an osteopathic physician for the practice of
medicine which is not licensed under Chapter 395, F.S.
(b) "Licensee" for purposes of this rule,
includes an osteopathic physician or physician assistant issued a license,
registration, or certificate, for any period of time, pursuant to Chapter 459,
F.S.
(c) "Office maintained by an
osteopathic physician" as that term is used in Section
459.026(1),
F.S., is defined as a business location where the osteopathic physician
delivers medical services regardless of whether other physicians are practicing
at the same location or the business is non-physician
owned.
(2) Incident Reporting System. An incident reporting system shall be established for each osteopathic physician office.
(a) Incident
Reports. The incident reporting system shall include the prompt, postmarked and
sent by certified mail within 15 calendar days after the occurrence of the
adverse incident, reporting of incidents to the Department of Health, Consumer
Services Unit, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin C75, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3275.
The report shall be made on the Physician Office Adverse Incident Report, Form
#DH-MQA 1030, Revised 12/20, which is incorporated herein by reference and
available from
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-12779.
The report must be submitted by every licensee who was involved in the adverse
incident. If multiple licensees are involved in the adverse incident, they may
meet this requirement by signing off on one report; however, each signee is
responsible for the accuracy of the report. This report shall contain the
following information:
1. The patient's name,
locating information, gender, age, diagnosis, date of office visit, and purpose
of office visit.
2. A clear and
concise description of the incident including time, date, and exact location
within the office.
3. A listing of
all persons then known to be involved directly in the incident, including
license numbers and locating information, and a description of the person's
exact involvement and actions.
4. A
listing of any witnesses not previously identified in subparagraph 3.
5. The name, license number, locating
information, and signature of the osteopathic physician or licensee submitting
the report, along with date and time that the report was
completed.
(b) Incident
Report Review and Analysis. Evidence of compliance with this paragraph will be
considered in mitigation in the event the Board takes disciplinary action.
1. The osteopathic physician shall be
responsible for the regular and systematic reviewing of all incident reports
filed by the osteopathic physician or physician assistant under the osteopathic
physician's supervision, for the purpose of identifying factors that
contributed to the adverse incident and identifying trends or patterns as to
time, place, or persons. The osteopathic physician shall implement corrective
actions and incident prevention education and training indicated by the review
of each adverse incident and upon emergence of any trend or pattern in incident
occurrence.
2. Copies of incident
reports shall be maintained in the osteopathic physician
office.
(3) Death reports. Notwithstanding the provisions of this rule and Section 459.026, F.S., an adverse incident which results in death shall be reported immediately to the medical examiner pursuant to Section 406.12, F.S.
Rulemaking Authority 459.005(1), 459.026(7) FS. Law Implemented 459.026 FS.
New 2-12-02, Amended 8-12-19, 4-18-21.
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