WAC 388-76-10225   Reporting requirement.  (1) The adult family home must ensure all staff:

     (a) Report suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment of a resident:

     (i) As required by chapter 74.34 RCW;

     (ii) To the department by calling the complaint toll-free hotline number; and

     (iii) To the local law enforcement agency when required by RCW 74.34.035.

     (b) Report the following to the department by calling the complaint toll-free hotline number:

     (i) Any actual or potential event requiring any resident to be evacuated;

     (ii) Conditions that threaten the provider's or entity representative's ability to continue to provide care or services to each resident; and

     (iii) A missing resident.

     (2) When there is a significant change in a resident's condition, or a serious injury, trauma, or death of a resident, the adult family home must immediately notify:

     (a) The resident's family;

     (b) The resident's representative, if one exists;

     (c) The resident's health care provider;

     (d) Other appropriate professionals working with the resident;

     (e) Persons identified in the negotiated care plan; and

     (f) The resident's case manager if the resident is a department client.

     (3) Whenever an outbreak of suspected food poisoning or communicable disease occurs, the adult family home must notify:

     (a) The local public health officer; and

     (b) The department's complaint toll-free hotline number.

     (4) The adult family home must notify the department's case management office within twenty-four hours whenever a resident, whose stay is paid for by the department is discharged for more than twenty-four hours on medical leave to a nursing home or hospital.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.128.040. 10-03-064, § 388-76-10225, filed 1/15/10, effective 2/15/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and 74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, § 388-76-10225, filed 10/16/07, effective 1/1/08.]