North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
Subchapter G - LICENSING OF FAMILY CARE HOMES
Section .1200 - POLICIES, RECORDS AND REPORTS
Section 13G .1210 - DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO DEATH REPORTING
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
The following definitions shall apply throughout this Section:
(1) "Accident" means an unexpected, unnatural or irregular event contributing to a resident's death and includes, but is not limited to, medication errors, falls, fractures, choking, elopement, exposure, poisoning, drowning, fire, burns, or thermal injury, electrocution, misuse of equipment, motor vehicle accidents, and natural disasters.
(2) "Immediately" means at once, at or near the present time, without delay.
(3) "Violence" means physical force exerted for the purpose of violating, damaging, abusing or injuring. or abusing another person.
Authority
G.S.
131D-2.16;
131D-34.1;
143B-165;
Temporary
Adoption Eff. May 1, 2001;
Eff. July 18, 2002;
Pursuant
to G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. February 16,
2019.
