Section 7.75.290. Emergency situations.

	(a)  If a resident experiences a medical emergency, serious injury,  or accident, is involved in assaultive behavior that could injure the resident or another person or that requires police intervention, or is absent without prior notice to the home and could pose a risk of harm to the resident or others, the assisted living home shall  
		(1) access emergency services, if needed, and provide the emergency care that a reasonably prudent person would provide under the circumstances, including notice to the resident's physician and representative; and  
		(2) record the date, time, and circumstances of the accident, serious injury, medical emergency, or incident in the resident's file and in any general daily log kept by the home, and provide a copy of the report to the department as required under 7 AAC 75.340.  
	(b)  An assisted living home shall maintain readily-available first aid supplies appropriate to its size, and post or make readily available the first aid procedures.  

Authorities

47.33.410;47.33.920

Notes

Authority

AS 47.33.410 AS 47.33.920

History

Eff. 7/1/95, Register 134; am 4/6/2002, Register 162; am 6/24/2004, Register 170