Training

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Danielles Law
Training and Responsibilities
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Danielles Law
Anyone who works with individuals with
developmental disabilities or traumatic brain
injury must call 911 in life-threatening
emergencies.
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Danielles Law Penalties

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

• Health Care Professionals may lose their licenses

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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

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Employee/Provider Responsibilities

• Call 911 for life-threatening emergencies

• File an incident report according to Department
  and Division procedures

• Maintain a record of all 911 calls

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Department of Human Services Responsibilities

• Ensures training is provided to service providers

• Maintains records of provider calls
• to 911

• Reviews potential violations of Danielles Law

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Department of Human Services Responsibilities
(continued)

• Maintains records of all violations

• Reviews violation records when licenses and
  contracts are issued or renewed

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Civil Penalties to IndividualViolators of
Danielles Law

• First offense 5,000.00

• Second offense 10,000.00

• Third and each subsequent offense 25,000.00

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How to Respond to Life-threatening Events

• Check for a life-threatening situation

• Call 911

• Care follow the directions of Emergency
  Responders

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Call 911 for Life-threatening Emergencies

• Medical

• Life-threatening
• Conditions

• Unsafe Situations

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Call 911 in Unsafe Situations as Indicated in Red
Cross Training

• Fire or explosion

• Downed electrical wires

• Possible poisonous agents

• Natural gas odor in the building

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

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Danielles Law Penalties

• No Call to 911 VIOLATION

• Delayed Call to 911 VIOLATION

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Danielles Law
Call 911
When In Doubt
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DDD Regional Offices

• Lower Central Region
• Mercer, Middlesex, Ocean, Hunterdon and Monmouth
  Counties
• [phone] (Trenton Office)
• [phone] (Freehold Office)

• Northern Region
• Bergen, Hudson, Passaic, Sussex,
• Morris, and Warren Counties
• [phone] (Flanders Office)
• [phone] (Paterson Office)

• Southern Region
• Burlington, Camden, Atlantic,
• Salem, Cape May, Gloucester,
• and Cumberland Counties
• [phone] (Voorhees Office)
• [phone](Mays Landing Office)

• Upper Central Region
• Essex, Somerset, and Union Counties
• [phone]