Serious Incident Reports

(A) A unit shall immediately report to the Department, pursuant to Department guidelines, any of the following that occurs on premises covered by its license: (1) death that is unanticipated, not related to the natural course of the patient’s illness or underlying condition, or that is the result of an error or other incident as specified in guidelines of the Department; (2) full or partial evacuation of the facility for any reason; (3) fire; (4) suicide; (5) serious criminal acts; (6) pending or actual strike action by its employees, and contingency plans for operation of the unit; or (7) any other serious incident or accident as specified in guidelines of the Department. (B) A unit shall immediately report to the Department, for any patient treated at the unit, any suspected instance(s) of abuse, neglect, mistreatment of that patient, or misappropriation of that patient’s property, at or by a nursing home, rest home, home health, home maker or hospice facility.