New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 14 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE
Chapter XIII - Office of Mental Health
Part 524 - Incident Management Programs
Section 524.12 - Other required notifications

Universal Citation: 14 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 524.12

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024

In addition to the reporting requirements identified in Section 524.7 of this Part, mental health providers shall have procedures to assure that the following notifications occur:

(a) Child Abuse (by Family or Caretaker). Suspected abuse or neglect of persons under age 18 by a parent, guardian, or caretaker in a foster family boarding home, must be reported to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment in accordance with the provisions of Section 413 of the Social Services Law. Effective June 30, 2013, mandatory reporting of abuse and neglect by custodians, as defined in Section 524.4 of Part, will not be accepted by the Statewide Central Register and must be made to the Vulnerable Persons' Central Register in accordance with the provisions of this Part.

(b) Notifications to Patients, Family, or Personal Representatives:

(1) Patients may be notified of the outcome of incidents involving them, if and as clinically appropriate, and in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations.

(2) Next of Kin/Persons Involved in Care. Consistent with federal and state confidentiality laws and regulations, the patient's next of kin or other persons identified in the patient's plan of care as a person involved in his or her care, shall be notified immediately of allegations of abuse or neglect, missing patients or incidents involving patient death or injury.

(3) Qualified persons. In accordance with the procedures identified in Mental Hygiene Law Section 33.23, providers of mental health services subject to this Part must provide telephone notice to a qualified person of a patient of a Reportable Incident involving such patient and identified as injury, death, medication error, missing person, or allegation of abuse or neglect within 24 hours of the initial report of the incident.

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