Policies and Procedures for Incident Reporting

Policies and Procedures for Incident Reporting A. The agency provider must have written and implemented policies and procedures in place regarding incidents that include: 1. Description of what constitutes an incident; 2. Plan of future corrective action; 3. Corrective actions taken; 4. Reporting of incidents; 5. Documentation of incidents; 6. Training and documentation that employees have received, and acknowledged, information on required reporting of abuse, neglect and/or exploitation of a vulnerable person, as outlined in Chapter 12; 7. Maintenance of documentation related to incidents; 8. Assurance of cooperation with DMH for follow-up to incidents; 9. Analysis of all incidents; and 10. Employees responsible for analysis of incidents. B. The agency provider should comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and any other applicable state or federal regulations addressing individual confidentiality when submitting incident reports.