No Crime in Failure to Report Nursing Home Injury, Rules Michigan Court of Appeals
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A nursing home administrator's failure to report a resident's burn injury did not violate a state reporting law, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled. The resident was preparing to smoke a cigarette in the home's smoking area. A nurse shut off his oxygen equipment. But when she attempted to light his cigarette, residual oxygen in an oxygen tube caused a flash of flame that burned his face.
The nursing home's administrator was charged with a misdemeanor for failing to report the injury under a state law that required nursing homes to report to the state all incidents of "harmful neglect."See the full content of this document
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No Crime in Failure to Report Nursing Home Injury, Rules Michigan Court of Appeals
The administrator argued that her investigation of the incident led her to c...
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