Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 7257
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 7257
- Department: means the Department of Health. See
- Designated agency: means a designated community mental health and developmental disability agency as described in subsection 8907(a) of this title. See
- Intensive residential recovery facility: means a licensed program under contract with the Department of Mental Health that provides a safe, therapeutic, recovery-oriented residential environment to care for individuals with one or more mental conditions or psychiatric disabilities who need intensive clinical interventions to facilitate recovery in anticipation of returning to the community. See
- Person: means any individual, company, corporation, association, partnership, the U. See
- Psychiatric disability: means an impairment of thought, mood, perception, orientation, or memory that limits one or more major life activities but does not include intellectual disability. See
- Serious bodily injury: means the same as in section 1912 of this title. See
§ 7257. Reportable adverse events
(a) An acute inpatient hospital, an intensive residential recovery facility, a designated agency, or a secure residential facility shall report to the Department of Mental Health instances of death or serious bodily injury to individuals with a mental condition or psychiatric disability in the custody or temporary custody of the Commissioner.
(b) An acute inpatient hospital shall report to the Department of Mental Health any staff injuries caused by a person in the custody or temporary custody of the Commissioner that are reported to both the Department of Labor and to the hospital’s workers’ compensation carrier. (Added 2011, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a, eff. April 4, 2012; amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 101; 2013, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)