WVARR Incident Policy Clause Samples

WVARR Incident Policy. The Organization attests and affirms: 13.1. It is the policy of the West Virginia Association of Recovery Residences (WVARR), that all accredited residences, members, and Organizations report all major incidents. A major incident is defined as any emergency or situation that has significant impact for urgency which demands a response beyond routine incident management. A major incident also includes, but is not limited to, any volunteer, staff, and owner of an Organization that violates the signed code of ethics and or whose actions either directly or indirectly affect a participant or resident of the Organization. 13.2. If a major incident occurs, it is the responsibility of the WVARR accredited Organization to report the major incident on the approved WVARR Incident form and submit it with a written summary of the incident within 5 days from the date of the incident. The incident form and summary of the incident will be sent to the executive director of WVARR to be reviewed. WVARR will keep records and files of each major incident report. 13.3. If a major incident is not reported by an accredited residence, member, or Organization, or if the incident and the timing and/or nature of the incident are deemed “out of the ordinary,” there will be an investigation into the incident by the WVARR executive director and or standards/ethics committee. 13.4. After the investigation is concluded, WVARR may require an explanation from the accredited residence, member, or Organization concerning failing to report incident. 13.5. If the non-reported incident is determined to involve an accredited residence, member, or Organization that is found to be negligent or at fault, this will be reported to the WVARR board for review and decision as to whether a sanction is warranted.