Each consumer admitted to a facility for evaluation, treatment or training has rights (pursuant to NRS 433.456 to 433.536) that can only be denied to protect the consumer’s health and safety or to protect the health and safety of others, or both. Any time this occurs, the Administrator of the Facility must be noticed and a full report […]
A Long Term Care (LTC) facility shall ensure that all crimes or alleged violations involving abuse, neglect, exploitation or mistreatment, including injuries of unknown source and misappropriation of resident property, are reported immediately, but not later than 2 hours after the allegation is made, if the events that cause the allegation involve abuse or result […]
Hospitals must report deaths associated with the use of seclusion or restraint.
Facilities must report patient death or serious injury associated with the use of physical restraints or bedrails while being cared for in a healthcare setting. Intended to capture instances where physical restraints are implicated in the death, e.g., lead to strangulation/entrapment, etc.
