REPORTING REASONABLE SUSPICION OF A CRIME Staff members, including contractors and agents, who suspect that a crime has occurred against a resident, must file a report with local law enforcement and the state survey agency according to the following guidelines: Serious bodily injury 2 hour time limit. If the events that cause the reasonable suspicion • – result in serious bodily injury to a patient, the suspicion must be reported immediately, but not later than 2 hours after forming the suspicion. No serious bodily injury within 24 hours. If the events that cause the reasonable • – suspicion do not result in serious bodily injury to a patient, the suspicion must be reported within 24 hours of forming the suspicion. No employee, contractor or agent, will be retaliated against for making a report under this • policy. DEFINITIONS is defined by the law of the political subdivision where a facility is located. Facilities “Crime” must coordinate with their state and local law enforcement entities to determine what actions are considered crimes within their political subdivisions. subdivision” means a city, “Political county, township or village. law enforcement” means the full range of potential responders to elder abuse, neglect and “Local exploitation including: police, sheriffs, detectives, public safety officers, corrections personnel, prosecutors, medical examiners, investigators and coroners. bodily injury” is an injury involving: extreme physical pain; substantial risk of death; “Serious protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ or mental faculty; or requiring medical intervention such as surgery, hospitalization or physical rehabilitation.
REPORTING REASONABLE SUSPICION OF A CRIME Staff members, including contractors and agents, who suspect that a crime has occurred against a resident, must file a report with local law enforcement and the state survey agency according to the following guidelines: • Serious bodily injury – 2 hour time limit. If the events that cause the reasonable suspicion result in serious bodily injury to a patient, the suspicion must be reported immediately, but not later than 2 hours after forming the suspicion. • No serious bodily injury – within 24 hours. If the events that cause the reasonable suspicion do not result in serious bodily injury to a patient, the suspicion must be reported within 24 hours of forming the suspicion. • No employee, contractor or agent, will be retaliated against for making a report under this policy. DEFINITIONS “Crime” is defined by the law of the political subdivision where a facility is located. Facilities must coordinate with their state and local law enforcement entities to determine what actions are considered crimes within their political subdivisions. “Political subdivision” means a city, county, township or village. “Local law enforcement” means the full range of potential responders to elder abuse, neglect and exploitation including: police, sheriffs, detectives, public safety officers, corrections personnel, prosecutors, medical examiners, investigators and coroners. “Serious bodily injury” is an injury involving: extreme physical pain; substantial risk of death; protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ or mental faculty; or requiring medical intervention such as surgery, hospitalization or physical rehabilitation.
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