New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 14 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE
Chapter XIII - Office of Mental Health
Part 524 - Incident Management Programs
Section 524.11 - Patient Death reporting
Universal Citation: 14 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 524.11
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) State operated or licensed mental health providers are responsible for reporting the death of a patient who was enrolled in or receiving services from the facility or program at the time of the death, or whose death was within 30 days of discharge from a mental health program
(b) Reports of patient death must be made in accordance with the following:
(1) Justice
Center Medical Review Board:
(i) The Justice
Center Medical Review Board must be notified of the death of a patient of a
State operated or licensed mental health provider who was enrolled in or
receiving services from the facility or program at the time of the death, or
whose death occurred within 30 days of discharge from a mental health
program.
(ii) Such notification
must be made immediately upon discovery of the death, and in no event later
than 24 hours thereafter in the form and format prescribed by the Justice
Center, and shall include:
(a) the name and
age of the deceased;
(b) the date,
time, location and circumstances of the death;
(c) to the extent known, whether or not the
death:
(1) was related to an
accident;
(2) may have resulted
from a suicide or homicide;
(3) may
have resulted from a medication overdose, or the use of controlled substance or
alcohol;
(4) occurred within 72
hours of the use of restraint or seclusion; or
(5) may be an unexplained death.
(iii) The Director or
his/her designee shall submit any additional information requested by the
Justice Center within 5 working days of such request, in the manner prescribed
by the Justice Center.
(iv) In
addition to the information submitted in accordance with subparagraph (iii) of
this paragraph, a report of any autopsy performed on the decedent shall be
submitted to the Justice Center within 60 working days of the report made to
the Justice Center, provided, however, that the Justice Center may extend that
timeframe for good cause shown.
(2) Coroner/medical examiner. The following
shall be reported to the coroner/medical examiner:
(i) the death of a patient resulting from an
apparent homicide, suicide, or unexplained or accidental cause;
(ii) the death of a patient which is
unrelated to the natural course of illness or disease; or
(iii) the death of a patient which is related
to the lack of treatment provided in accordance with generally accepted medical
standards.
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