| (G) the use of first-aid techniques and certification
in the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, including required periodic
recertification.
(3) Persons providing staff training must be qualified
as evidenced by education, training, and experience in techniques
used to address a client's behaviors.
(4) A hospice must document in the staff personnel
records that the training and demonstration of competency were successfully
completed.
(n) Death reporting requirements. A hospice must report
deaths associated with the use of seclusion or restraint in its inpatient
unit.
(1) The hospice must report:
(A) an unexpected death that occurs while a client
is in restraint or seclusion;
(B) an unexpected death that occurs within 24 hours
after the client has been removed from restraint or seclusion; and
(C) a death known to the hospice that occurs within
one week after restraint or seclusion where it is reasonable to assume
that use of restraint or placement in seclusion contributed directly
or indirectly to the client's death. The term "reasonable to assume"
in this context includes but is not limited to death related to restrictions
of movement for prolonged periods of time, or death related to chest
compression, restriction of breathing, or asphyxiation.
(2) The hospice must report a death described in paragraph
(1) of this subsection to HHSC by telephone at 1-800-458-9858 within
24 hours after knowledge of a client's death.
(3) The hospice must complete Provider Investigation
Report For Home and Community Support Services Agency (HHSC Form 3613)
and send it to HHSC Complaint Intake Unit within 10 days after reporting
the death to HHSC by telephone.
(4) Hospice personnel must document in the client's
record the date and time the death was reported to HHSC.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §558.871 adopted to be effective October 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 6628; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the April 12, 2019 issue of the Texas Register, 44 TexReg 1893; amended to be effective April 25, 2021, 46 TexReg 2427 |
