---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 483.372"
title: "42"
number: "483.372"
heading: "Medical treatment for injuries resulting from an emergency safety intervention."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/483.372"
---

# §483.372. Medical treatment for injuries resulting from an emergency safety intervention.

- (a) Staff must immediately obtain medical treatment from qualified medical personnel for a resident injured as a result of an emergency safety intervention.
- (b) The psychiatric residential treatment facility must have affiliations or written transfer agreements in effect with one or more hospitals approved for participation under the Medicaid program that reasonably ensure that—
  - (1) A resident will be transferred from the facility to a hospital and admitted in a timely manner when a transfer is medically necessary for medical care or acute psychiatric care;
  - (2) Medical and other information needed for care of the resident in light of such a transfer, will be exchanged between the institutions in accordance with State medical privacy law, including any information needed to determine whether the appropriate care can be provided in a less restrictive setting; and
  - (3) **Services are available to each resident 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.**
- (c) Staff must document in the resident's record, all injuries that occur as a result of an emergency safety intervention, including injuries to staff resulting from that intervention.
- (d) Staff involved in an emergency safety intervention that results in an injury to a resident or staff must meet with supervisory staff and evaluate the circumstances that caused the injury and develop a plan to prevent future injuries.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 66 FR 7161, Jan. 22, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1320a-7, 1395i, 1395hh and 1396r.