ARM 37.34.1507. INCIDENT REPORTING AND HANDLING, DEATH, SUICIDE ATTEMPT, UNACCOUNTED FOR ABSENCE, EMERGENCY HOSPITALIZATION OR LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVEMENT

(1) The contractor must notify the following persons upon an individual's death, suicide attempt, unaccounted for absence, emergency hospitalization; substantial changes in an individual's residential or vocational placement without IP team approval; or alleged unlawful activities by or affecting the individual, including, but not limited to incarceration of an individual: (a) the case manager or designee; (b) the field services specialist; (c) the guardian, if any; (d) a designated advocate, if any; and (e) the next of kin, if any. (2) Notice must be given, verbally, as follows: (a) to the guardian or next of kin, if any, and case manager or their designees as soon as possible but no later than 2 hours after the incident becomes known; and (b) to the field services specialist and an advocate within 24 hours of the incident.