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Title 9 Part 7022
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9 NYCRR 7022.1 - Policy
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In order to provide a mechanism by which facility operations, policies and procedures can be monitored, evaluated and improved, each facility shall internally review and assess all incidents of a serious or potentially problematic nature and report incidents to the commission pursuant to the requirements of this Part.
9 NYCRR 7022.2 - Reportable incident categories
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- Mar 31, 2022
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- CMC-34-21-00001-P · Proposed rule · Aug 25, 2021
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9 NYCRR 7022.3 - Reporting incidents other than inmate deaths
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- Westlaw Inline Boundary Correction
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(a)Except in the case of inmate deaths, whenever a reportable incident occurs, each facility shall report such incident to the commission's Albany office, regardless of the time of day or day of the week, pursuant to the following requirements:
(1)all major disturbances, escapes, inmate group actions, personnel group actions, hostage situations, firearm discharges, natural/civil emergencies, and major maintenance/service disruptions shall be reported immediately upon occurrence or discovery, in a form and manner prescribed by the commission, as set forth in the commission's Reportable Incident Guidelines for County Correctional Facilities; and
(2)all other reportable incidents shall be reported, in a form and manner prescribed by the commission, as set forth in the commission's Reportable Incident Guidelines for County Correctional Facilities, within 24 hours of occurrence or discovery.
(b)Every report required pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section shall include all information required in the commission's Reportable Incident Guidelines for County Correctional Facilities.
(c)When additional facts of an important or critical nature are discovered about an incident after a facility has submitted a report to the commission pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, such information shall be forwarded in writing to the commission as soon as practicable, but no later than 14 days following discovery.
9 NYCRR 7022.4 - Reporting inmate deaths
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(a)Each facility shall report the death of any inmate committed thereto, whether or not such death actually occurs at the facility, to:
(1)the coroner or medical examiner of the county in which the facility is located, within one hour of pronouncement of death;
(2)the commission, within six hours of pronouncement of death, regardless of the time of day or day of the week, in a form and manner prescribed by the commission's medical review board as described in the commission's Reportable Incident Guidelines for County Correctional Facilities.
(b)Within three hours after the pronouncement of an inmate's death, the next of kin of the deceased shall be notified. If, due to extenuating circumstances, the next of kin cannot be located within this time period, facility staff shall document in writing all attempts to make such notification and shall complete the notification as soon as possible.
(c)Within three days after the pronouncement of an inmate's death, a copy of the deceased's entire correctional medical and mental health record shall be forwarded to the commission.
(d)Such copy shall be certified as being a true copy of such record by the authority responsible for maintaining the record.
(e)Within 10 days after the pronouncement of an inmate's death, each facility medical director/jail physician shall forward a follow-up report in writing to the commission which shall include, but not be limited to:
(1)a narrative medical history of the deceased covering the period 90 days prior to death;
(2)the deceased's primary medical and/or psychiatric diagnosis and the therapy provided, if any, as a result of such diagnosis; and
(3)a narrative description of the terminal event occurring immediately prior to the pronouncement of death.
(f)In addition, such follow-up report shall include information required by the commission's medical review board as described in the commission's Reportable Incident Guidelines for County Correctional Facilities and any other information specified by the commission.
(g)When additional facts of an important or critical nature are discovered about an inmate's death after the facility has submitted a report to the commission pursuant to this section, such information shall be forwarded in writing to the commission as soon as practicable, but no later than 14 days following discovery.
9 NYCRR 7022.5 - Availability of reportable incident guidelines information
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(a)A copy of the commission's Reportable Incident Guidelines for County Correctional Facilities shall be made available to all facility staff designated by the chief administrative officer to be responsible for reporting incidents to the commission.
(b)A sufficient number of such guidelines shall be maintained in locations within the facility which are accessible to all facility staff.
(c)Copies of the reportable incident guidelines manual are available, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law, upon request from the New York State Commission of Correction, Alfred E. Smith State Office Building, 80 S. Swan Street, 12th Floor, Albany, NY 12210-8001. All such requests should specify the item sought as Reportable Incident Guidelines for County Correctional Facilities. The guidelines manual consists of a soft-bound, indexed booklet 192 pages in length. A copy of these guidelines has been filed with the Department of State.
9 NYCRR 7022.6 - Maintenance of reportable incident information
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A copy of all completed reports and supplementary information prepared by facility staff pertaining to reportable incidents, including copies of all information forwarded to the commission pursuant to the requirements of this Part, shall be maintained on file.
9 NYCRR 7022.7 - Review and assessment of reportable incidents
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(a)The chief administrative officer shall develop and implement procedures for the review, investigation and assessment of reportable incidents.
(b)The chief administrative officer and/or other designated supervisory staff shall regularly review all reports prepared by facility staff resulting from the review and/or investigation of reportable incidents, including pertinent facility log entries.