This customizable document, Suspected Child, Adult, Disabled Person or Elderly Abuse/Neglect/Exploitation, is taken from MCN Healthcare's Labor and Delivery Policy and Procedure Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry's leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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	POLICY: Patients have the right to be free from mental, physical, sexual and verbal abuse, neglect and exploitation. It is the policy of this hospital to protect patients from real or perceived abuse, neglect or exploitation from anyone, including staff members, students, volunteers, other patients, visitors or family members. This hospital mandates that, under the guidance of applicable laws, any healthcare worker having reasonable cause to believe that any person is in the state of abuse, exploitation or neglect shall report the information to the appropriate regulatory agency. All...
Second excerpt:
	...the above Nature and extent of the patient's condition Basis of the reporter's knowledge Any other relevant information The hospital may not suspend or terminate the employment of or discipline or otherwise discriminate against an employee for reporting the employee's supervisor, an administrator of the hospital, a state regulatory agency or a law enforcement agency for a violation of the law. The hospital may not retaliate against a person who is not an employee for reporting a...