Maltreatment Reporting for ICFs/MR - Arkansas Department of ...
Maltreatment Reporting for ICFs/MR - Arkansas Department of ...
Maltreatment Reporting for ICFs/MR - Arkansas Department of ...
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ABUSE MEANS…<br />
‣ Any intentional unnecessary physical<br />
act that inflicts pain on or causes injury<br />
to an endangered person or an<br />
impaired person, excluding court-ordered<br />
medical care or medical care requested by<br />
the patient or long-term care facility<br />
resident or a person legally authorized to<br />
make medical decisions on behalf <strong>of</strong> the<br />
patient or long-term care facility resident;<br />
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