<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 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class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0-000000">:</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0-000000">62</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0-000000">:</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0-000000">02</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0-000000">:</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0-000000">19</span></a><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0-000001">.  Sentinel event notification.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> Each accredited center shall make a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">report to the </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> within </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">twenty-four</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> hours of any</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> death not primarily</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">related to the natural course of the client</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">'</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">s illness or underlying condition, permanent</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">harm</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> to a client</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">, or severe temporary harm</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> to a client</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">, and </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">any </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">intervention required to sustain life</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> to a client</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">    The center shall submit a follow-up report to the </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> within </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">seventy-two</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> hours </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">and must include</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">    (1)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">  </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">A written description of the event;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">    (2)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">  </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">The client</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">'</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">s name and date of birth; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">    (3)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">  </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">Immediate actions taken by the center.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">    Each center shall develop </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">a </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">root cause analysis </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">policy</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> and procedures to utilize in</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">response to </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">any event requiring notification</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">    Each center shall report to the </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">department,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> as soon as possible</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> any fire with</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">structural damage or </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">in which</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> injury or death occurs</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> any partial or complete evacuation of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">the </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">agency</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> resulting from natural disaster</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> any loss of utilities, </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">including</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> electricity,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">natural gas, </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">and phone lines; and any loss of an</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> emergency generator, fire alarm</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">s</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">, sprinklers, and other critical</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">equipment necessary for operation of the </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">agency</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> for more than </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">twenty-four</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> hours.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">    </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">43</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> SDR </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">80</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">, effective </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">    </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">    </span><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-3-1"><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0-000003">27A-3-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143P0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc3b60cf5-472a-486a-b072-2f3d30a25143000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>