Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Article 4 - MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
Section 28-4-1257 - Notification and reporting requirements
Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 28-4-1257
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Each permittee and each licensee shall ensure that notification of each of the following is submitted verbally or in writing upon discovery of the incident or event, but no later than 24 hours after the discovery:
(1) Each instance of
suspected abuse or neglect of a resident shall be reported to the Kansas
department for children and families and to law enforcement.
(2) Each incident resulting in the death of
any resident shall be reported to the following:
(A) Law enforcement;
(B) the resident's parent or legal
guardian;
(C) the resident's
placing agent;
(D) the Kansas
department for children and families; and
(E) the department.
(3) Each incident resulting in the death of a
staff member or a volunteer while on duty at the facility shall be reported to
the department and to any other entities in accord with the facility's
policies.
(4) Each incident
resulting in a serious injury to any resident, including burns, lacerations,
bone fractures, substantial hematomas, and injuries to internal organs, shall
be reported to the following:
(A) The parent
or legal guardian of any resident involved in the incident;
(B) the placing agent of any resident
involved in the incident;
(C) the
Kansas department for children and families; and
(D) the department.
(5) Each incident of suspected sexual assault
involving a resident as a victim or as a perpetrator shall be reported to the
following:
(A) Law enforcement;
(B) the Kansas department for children and
families;
(C) the resident's parent
or legal guardian;
(D) the
resident's placing agent; and
(E)
the department.
(6) Each
suicide attempt by a resident shall be reported to the following:
(A) The resident's parent or legal
guardian;
(B) the resident's
placing agent;
(C) the Kansas
department for children and families; and
(D) the department.
(7) Each natural disaster shall be reported
to the department.
(8) Each
instance of work stoppage shall be reported to the department.
(9) Each incident that involves a riot or the
taking of hostages shall be reported to the department.
(10) Each fire shall be reported to the
department and to the state fire marshal.
(11) Each incident that involves any
suspected illegal act committed by a resident while in the facility or by a
staff member or a volunteer while on duty at the facility shall be reported to
law enforcement and the department in accord with the facility's
policies.
(12) If any resident,
staff member, or volunteer contracts a reportable infectious or contagious
disease specified in K.A.R. 28-1-2, the permittee or licensee shall ensure that
a report is submitted to the local county health department within 24 hours,
excluding weekends and holidays.
(b) Each permittee and each licensee shall complete a written report within five calendar days after the discovery of any incident or event identified in subsection (a). A copy of each written report shall be kept on file at the facility.
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