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What is the Office of Inspector General?
The entity that investigates abuse and neglect allegations involving people who receives mental health and/or developmental disability services in state-operated facilities and community agencies
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What is an employee?
Any person who provides services at the facility or community agency, on or off site.
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Who has to be involved for an allegation or incident to be reportable to OIG?
Individual, and an employee, facility or agency
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What is exploitation?
Taking advantage of an individual's assets,property, or financial resources through intimidation and deception for the employee's, facility's, or agency's own benefit.
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What is screening?
Withholding, altering, or delaying any report of abuse and neglect
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What is the Department of Human Services Act?
The law which establishes the Office of Inspector General
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Who are other people who qualify as an employee under Rule 50?
Owners, operators, contractors, subcontractors, and volunteers
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What is the timeline for reporting abuse/neglect?
4 hours
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What is neglect?
An employee's, agency's, or facility's is failure to provide adequate medical care, personal care, or maintenance.
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What is mental abuse?
Use of demeaning, intimidating or threatening words that result in emotional distress
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What is the administrative rule regarding abuse, neglect, and reporting requirement?
Rule 50
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Who is still considered an employee if they are the subject of an ongoing OIG investigation?
An employee no longer working for an agency.
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How abuse is defined by Rule 50?
Physical abuse, sexual abuse, mental abuse or financial exploitation
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What is physical abuse?
An employee's non-accidental and inappropriate contact with an individual that causes bodily harm.
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What is the OIG Hotline number?
1-800-368-1463
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