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25 | Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Tuesday Cabiness conducted a Case Management and met Executive Director Debra Donovan, Program Directors Gary James and Jose Hernandez; all were informed the reason of the visit. Licensing received a special incident report (SIR) involving a staff using inappropriate language to a client. LPA also discussed with Administration, the SIR was not submitted to Licensing in a timely manner and according to regulations. The incident reported was dated 08/23/2021; but was not submitted to Licensing until October 15, 2021.
According to the SIR, a facility staff, made an inappropriate statement to a client, while under the staff's supervision. LPA contacted the facility to obtain further information, pertaining to the incident. According to the Administrator, the staff was placed on administrative leave, until the facility's internal investigation was completed. The investigation was conducted and completed, and the staff was terminated, and is currently no longer employed with the facility. It was determined, that the staff made the inappropriate statement, therefore, resulting in the termination of employment. During today's visit, LPA interviewed the facility's Administrators and obtained further information pertaining to the incident. LPA will discuss with management regarding possible further action. A citation will be issued during this visit, for not submitting the SIR in a timely manner. The plan of correction will be also be cleared, due to the discussion with Administrators, and submitting documents requested by LPA.
Exit interview conducted, appeals, and copy of report provided to the Executive Director. |