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100
Any hospital admission that is not scheduled unless it is due to a condition specified in the ISP/My Plan.
What is Unscheduled Hospitalization
100
Failing to provide an individual with any treatment care, goods, supervision or serveices necessary to maintain health and safety.
What is Neglect!
100
Physical contact that can reasonably be expected to result in physical harm. (Including but not limited to: hitting, slapping, pushing or throwing an object)
What is Physical Abuse!
100
Staff roughly pushed the indivdiual against a locker, causing the individual to hit his head on the locker.
What is Phycial Abuse.
100
The individual trips and falls and sustains dental injuries. (No abuse or neglect)
What is Known Injury.
200
Purposeful use of words or gestures to threaten, coerce, intimidate, harass or humilitate an individual.
What is Verbal Abuse!
200
An individual has been charged, incarcerated, or arrested.
What is Involvement with Law Enforcement!
200
When emergency medical intervention is required to save an individual's life (i.e. cpr, heimlich maneuver).
What is Medical Emergency!
200
The individual tells his roomate (another indivdiual) to get him a soda "or else". When the roommate refuses, the individual punches his roommate in the face giving him a bloody nose.
What is Peer to Peer Physical Abuse.
200
An individual is physically aggressive at workshop and is locked in a room to calm down.
What is Unapproved Behavior Support.
300
A DDS employee engaging in consensual sexual conduct or having consensual sexual contact with an individual who is not the employee's spouse.
What is Prohibited Sexual Relations!
300
Unlawful sexual conduct or sexual contact (i.e. public indecency, importuning and voyeurism).
What is Sexual Abuse!
300
When an individual cannot be located for a period of time longer than specified in the My Plan, cannot be located after actions specified in the My Plan are taken, and a search of the immediate surrounding area is complete or if the circumstances indicate immediate jeopardy or law enforment has been called to assist in the search.
What is Missing Individual!
300
The individual sustains a laceration on their left arm that requires 3 stitches and the cause of the laceration is unknown.
What is Unknown Injury.
300
Staff forces the indivdiual to go to bed at 8:30 p.m. (against the individual's wishes), the indivdiual becomes upset and bangs his head against the wall.
What is Rights Violation.
400
An injury from a known cause that is not a result of abuse or neglect and requires immobilization or casting, 5 or more sutures or equivalent, 2nd or 3rd degree burns, dental injuries, or prohibits participation in daily tasks for more than 2 consecutive days.
What is Known Injury!
400
Acts committed by one individual against another individual when there is physical abuse with intent to harm, verbal abuse with intent to intimidate, harass or humiliate, any sexual abuse, any exploitation, or intentional misappropriation of property of significant value.
What are Peer to Peer Acts.
400
An actual physical attempt to end one's life that results in ER treatment, inpatient observation or hospital admission.
What is Attempted Suicide!
400
Staff has an individual stand oustide the mall collecting donations with a bucket stating, "Please help the mentally disabled." At the end of the day, staff pockets the money.
What is Exploitation!
400
Staff eats the T-Bone Steak purchased with the individual's funds.
What is Misappropriation.
500
Depriving, Defrauding, Obtaining real or personal property of an individual by means prohibitied by law.
What is Misappropriation!
500
The use of any aversive strategy or intervention implemented without approval by the Human Rights Committee or Behavior Support Committee or without informed consent.
What is Unapproved Behavior Support!
500
When a person who is required to report has reason to believe an individual has suffered or faces a substantial risk of suffering any wound, injury, disabilitiey or condition of such a nature as to reasonably indicate abuse or neglect and does not immediately report the information.
What is Failure to Report!
500
An indivdiual is left in the car for 1 hour with the temperature at 92 degrees outside.
What is Neglect.
500
The individual is on the bus traveling home from workshop and suffers an apparent heart attack. CPR is performed.
What is Medical Emergency.