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Trainingand

Responsibilities

Trainingand

Responsibilities

Danielle’s Law

Danielle’s Law

Anyone who works with individuals

with developmental disabilities

or traumatic brain injury must call 911

in life-threatening emergencies.

Danielle’s Law Penalties

Health Care Professionals may lose their licenses

Staff may lose their jobs or pay a large monetary fine if they fail to call 911

Definition of a Life-threatening Emergency

An occurrence or threat of a potentially fatal injury

Impairment to a bodily function

Dysfunction of a bodily organ or part

Call 911 for life-threatening emergencies

Employee/Provider Responsibilities

File an incident report according to Department and Division procedures

Maintain a record of all 911 calls

Ensures training is provided to service providers

Department of HumanServices Responsibilities

Maintains records of provider calls to 911

Reviews potential violations of Danielle’s Law

Maintains records of all violations

Department of HumanServices Responsibilities

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Reviews violation records when licenses and contracts are issued or renewed

Civil Penalties to IndividualViolators of Danielle’s Law

First offense: $5,000.00

Second offense: $10,000.00

Third and each subsequent offense: $25,000.00

Check – for a life-threatening situation

How to Respond toLife-threatening Events

Call – 911

Care – follow the directions of Emergency Responders

Call 911 for Life-threatening Emergencies

MedicalLife-threateningConditions

Unsafe Situations

Call 911 in Unsafe Situations as Indicated in Red Cross

Training

Fire or explosion

Natural gas odor in the building

Possible poisonous agents

Downed electrical wires

Terrorist type threats or acts, such as bomb threat, bio-toxic agents

Danielle’s Law Penalties

No Call to 911 = VIOLATION

Delayed Call to 911 = VIOLATION

Danielle’s Law

WhenIn

Doubt

Call911

DDD Regional Offices

Southern RegionBurlington, Camden, Atlantic, Salem, Cape May, Gloucester, and Cumberland Counties

(856) 770-5900 (Voorhees Office)(609) 561-5070 (Hammonton Office)

Upper Central RegionEssex, Somerset, and Union Counties(973) 324-2000

Lower Central RegionMercer, Middlesex, Ocean, Hunterdon and Monmouth Counties (609) 292-4500

Northern RegionBergen, Hudson, Passaic, Sussex, Morris, and Warren Counties(973) 927-2600