The following list are examples of occurrences that are deemed IMMEDIATELY reportable. If you are ever in doubt about whether a situation is reportable, err on the side of caution and report the situation IMMEDIATELY to your supervisor. Your supervisor will gather all of the required information and a report will be made to the proper authorities.
- Death of an individual receiving services.
- The use of any restrictive intervention, including seclusion, physical, chemical, or mechanical restraint on any individual receiving services.
- Suspected maltreatment, neglect, or abuse of an individual receiving services.
- A positive case of an individual receiving services or staff member of any infectious disease that is the subject of a public health emergency declared by the Governor, Arkansas Department of Health, the President of the United States, or the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
- Any injury to an individual receiving services that:
- May result in a bruise or broken skin that does not require immediate medical attention.
- Requires the attention of an Emergency Medical Technician, a paramedic, or physician
- and/or the notification of police, fire department, or coroner.
- May cause death.
- May result in substantial permanent impairment.
- Requires hospitalization.
- Threatened or attempted suicide by an individual receiving services.
- Property destruction or any disturbances that do not require police contact.
- The arrest of an individual receiving services or commission of any crime by a service recipient.
- Any situation in which the whereabouts of an individual receiving services is unknown for more than two (2) hours (i.e. elopement and/or wandering), or where services are interrupted for more than two (2) hours.
- Any event where a staff member threatens an individual receiving services.
- Unexpected occurrences involving actual or risk of death or serious physical or psychological injury to an individual receiving services.
- Medication errors made by staff that cause or have the potential to cause serious injury or illness to an individual receiving services, including, but not limited to, loss of medication, unavailability of medication, falsification of medication logs, theft of medication, a missed dose, wrong dose, a dose being administered at the wrong time, by the wrong route, and the administration of the wrong medication.
- Any violation of an individual’s rights that jeopardizes the health, safety, or quality of life of the individual.
- Vehicular accidents involving an individual receiving services.
- Biohazard incidents involving an individual receiving services.
- An arrest or conviction of a staff member providing direct care services.
- Any use or possession of a non-prescribed medication or an illicit substance by an individual receiving services.
- Any other event that might have resulted in harm to an individual receiving services or could have reasonably endangered the health, safety, or welfare of the individual receiving services.