22VAC40-665-120 Definition

Serious Injury – “means a wound or other specific damage to the body…a deep cut requiring stitches, a broken bone or a foreign object in the eye, nose ear or other body orifice.”   

Request: We would like to see broken bones, cuts requiring stitches and foreign objects lodged in eye, nose, ear or other body orifice removed as a serious injury. These are childhood injuries/occurrences and should not be seen as a serious injury. These situations happen sometimes, and we have children who put foreign objects like pea gravel, macaroni, sand and mulch in their eyes, mouth, nose & ears. We support dislocation, poisoning and concussions as serious injuries. 

22Vac 40-665-20 Reports B. The Vendor shall inform the department’s representative as soon as practicable, but no more than two business days, of any serious injury to a child while under the vendor’s supervision.  

Request: This is not a CCDBG requirement and we are strongly opposed to real time reporting and instead we provide separate serious injury information, upon a semi-annual DSS visit, as currently practiced.