Action | Compliance with Virginia’s Settlement Agreement with US DOJ |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 1/10/2020 |
12VAC35-15-160 D 2: “For all other Level II and Level III serious incidents, the reported information shall also include the consequences or risk of harm that resulted from the serious incident.” It is relatively easy to identify consequences resulting from the incident. However, “risk of harm” is open to interpretation. The concern here is that medical incidents have risks beyond the training of staff who do not have medical backgrounds. It is impossible for a provider to determine all the possible risks.