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32 | According to the Mayo Clinic, “a burn is tissue damage resulting from heat, overexposure to sun or radiation, chemical, or electrical contact. More specifically, a third-degree burn is a burn that reaches to the fat layer beneath the skin, may be black, brown, white, or leathery, and third-degree burns can destroy nerves, causing numbness.”
Based on medical records, interviews and a facility record review, facility staff did not provide adequate care and supervision to R1 on April 25, 2020 by ensuring that the facility had a sufficient number of staff available to oversee the activities of R1 and preventing R1 from attempting to smoke unaccompanied. R1 was not monitored which resulted in R1 being able to exit the facility onto the patio area, light a cigarette, ignite R1’s pants/leg, and sustained a burn which required a hospitalization, surgery, and a subsequent stay in a post-acute setting for rehabilitation. R1’s burns that required hospitalization is a serious bodily injury.
At the time of the complaint visit on October 09, 2020, the issuance of a civil penalty was still being determined and the licensee was informed that a civil penalty might be assessed based on Health and Safety Code § 1569.49.
The Department has concluded an analysis and has determined that a civil penalty is warranted for the serious bodily injury R1 sustained. Per Welfare and Institutions Code § 15610.67 defines serious bodily injury as “an injury involving extreme physical pain, substantial risk of death, or protracted loss or impairment of a function of a bodily member, organ, or of mental faculty, or requiring medical intervention, including but not limited to, hospitalization, surgery, or physical rehabilitation.”
Today 07/23/2021, the Department will be issuing a civil penalty per Health and Safety Code § 1569.49 for a violating that the Department constitutes as serious bodily injury in the amount of $10,000.
A copy of the LIC 421D was given to Administrator Terry Brown and originals were signed.
Exit interview conducted. Appeal Rights provided. A copy of the report issued. Administrator Terry Brown signature on this report acknowledges receipt of these rights, found on page 2 of LIC 421D. |