5101:2-9-23 Notification
and documentation of critical incidents.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 2002.
Most current prior effective date: September
18, 1996.
(A) A CRC,
group home or residential parenting
facility shall immediately notify the individual or agency which placed a child
or teenage mother if any of the following occur:
(1) Death of a child or teenage mother;
(2) Absent without leave (AWOL);
(3) Nonroutine
Non-routine medical treatment or any hospitalization;
(4) Expulsion or suspension from
school;
(5) Any alleged delinquent or criminal
activity of the child or teenage mother;
(6) Any situation in which the child or
teenage mother is a victim of alleged delinquent or criminal activity;
(7) Suicide or self-mutilation attempts;
or
(8) Any use of physical restraint or isolation
. pursuant to rule
5101:2-9-22 of the Administrative Code;
(9) Any incident of alleged abuse or
neglect; or
(10) Any other unusual incident as
defined in the agency's policies or by the agency.
(B) A CRC,
group home or residential parenting
facility shall complete a critical incident report for each
occurrence of any of the items listed in paragraph (A) of this rule. In
addition, a critical incident report shall be completed when any child is
physically restrained or isolated pursuant to rule 5101:2-9-22 of the
Administrative Code or there is any other unusual incident as defined by the
agency.
(C) The administrator of a CRC,
group home or residential parenting
facility shall ensure that any employee, college intern or
volunteer at the CRC, group home or residential
parenting facility who knows of or suspects any physical or
mental abuse , sexual abuse or exploitation or neglect or threatened
abuse or neglect of a child by any person, including another resident of the CRC,
group home or residential parenting facility, shall immediately
report the situation pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code, or cause
it to be reported.
Effective: September 1, 2002
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 9/1/2007
Certification: Certified Electronically
Date: 6/28/2002
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 5103.03
Rule Amplifies: 5103.02, 5103.03
Prior Effective Dates: December 30, 1966, October 1, 1986, January 1, 1991,
September 18, 1996.
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