This customizable document, Suspected Patient Abuse/Neglect, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Behavioral Health Partial Hospitalization Program 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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Here is some sample content from Suspected Patient Abuse/Neglect:

	POLICY: Mistreatment and/or neglect of patients cannot and will not be tolerated. A witnessed incident of patient abuse and/or neglect must be reported immediately to the Program Director. Failure to report such a witnessed incident may be viewed as an attempt to conceal the incident and may result in corrective action, up to and including termination. DEFINITIONS: Patient abuse and neglect is defined as any incident of physical, sexual or verbal abuse, patient neglect/mistreatment or a financial/business relationship by or with a staff member, that occur during a patient's inpatient or...
Second excerpt:
	...physical restraint techniques toward a patient by a staff member. Verbal Abuse is use of any derogatory, threatening, derisive or demeaning language, whether in writing, oral or with gestures directed towards a patient by a staff member. This includes the use of profane or obscene language. Sexual Abuse includes any sexual overture made to a patient verbally or physically, irrespective of patient's willingness to be involved in same. Neglect/Mistreatment is: Failure or refusal to...