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The
Investigative Unit for the Clermont County Board of MRDD manages
information for all MRDD service providers, including County Board
operated programs and services, involving significant incidents that
pose a risk to the health and safety of individuals with MRDD. This
information is generated through the Major Unusual Incident (MUI)
process. The Ohio Department of ODMRDD defines certain types of
occurrences as Major Unusual Incidents, or incidents that have the
potential to pose a significant risk to the health and safety of the
individuals we serve. The MUI process seeks to ensure that individuals
with MRDD have access to appropriate treatment and care, and ensure that
providers of services address individual needs in a thorough and
proactive manner. The MUI process reviews both individual and MRDD
system needs. The Investigative Agent performs the duty of
investigation, information gathering, review, and analysis of MUI’s, and
ensures that services providers take appropriate actions toward the
resolution and prevention of Major Unusual Incidents.
Major Unusual Incidents are defined as the alleged, suspected, or actual
occurrence of abuse; attempted suicide; death; exploitation; failure to
report; injuries of known origin; involvement with law enforcement;
medical emergency; misappropriation; missing person; neglect; peer to
peer acts; prohibited sexual relations; rights code violations;
unapproved behavior support; injury of unknown origin; and unscheduled
hospitalization.
How
to Report:
Reports of Major Unusual Incidents during regular business hours
may be made by phone to the MUI Hotline at 513-732-4828 or faxed
to the Investigative Office at 513-732-5020. Reports are also
accepted via email. Please make sure the following information is
included:
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Reporter name and contact information
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Name
of subject
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Type
of incident
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Date
and time of incident
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Basic
facts known about the incident
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What
immediate actions were taken to protect the health and safety of the
individual.
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Notifications made by reporter (ie: guardian, SSA, etc)
If
you are reporting ABUSE, NEGLECT, EXPLOITATION, MISAPPROPRIATION,
SUSPICIOUS OR ACCIDENTAL DEATH or other critical incident requiring
immediate attention, please have the Investigator paged. If the
Investigator is unavailable, please have the emergency on-call SSA
paged.
If
you are reporting abuse, neglect, misappropriation, exploitation,
suspicious or accidental death, or other critical incident AFTER
BUSINESS HOURS, please use the emergency number to reach on
call personnel. (Emergency Number: 230-4280)
PLEASE NOTIFY LAW ENFORCEMENT FIRST IF THERE IS A RISK OF IMMEDIATE HARM
OR DEATH.
For
all other non-critical incidents occurring after business hours, please
submit your report the next business day.
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