Schedule 5 EVENTS AND NOTIFICATIONSI1
Northern Ireland
| Column 1 | Column 2 | |||||
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| Event: | To be notified to: | |||||
| F1RQIA | Placing authority | Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety | HSS trust in whose area the home is located | Police | Director of Public Healthf1 of the HSS Board | |
| Death of a child accommodated in the home | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Referral to the Department pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003f2 of an individual working at the home | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Serious illness or serious accident sustained by a child accommodated in the home | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Outbreak of any infectious disease which in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner attending children at the home is sufficiently serious to be so notified | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Allegation that a child accommodated at the home has committed a serious offence | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (follow-ing con-sultation with the placing authority) | ||
| Involvement or suspected involvement of a child accommodated at the home in sexual exploitation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (follow-ing con-sultation with the placing authority) | ||
| Serious incident necessitating calling the police to the home | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Absconding by a child accommodated at the home | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Any serious complaint about the home or persons working there | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Instigation and outcome of any child protection enquiry involving a child accommodated at the home | Yes | Yes | Yes (follow-ing con-sultation with the placing authority) | |||
| Any serious adverse event as defined in accordance with Departmental guidance | Yes | |||||
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in Regulation substituted (11.4.2014) by Health and Social Care (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 5), Sch. para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. para. 1(2))
Commencement
Footnotes
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Article 32 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)) provides that the Chief Administrative Medical Officer of a Health and Social Services Board shall be known as the Director of Public Health
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S.I. 2003/417 (N.I. 4), Art. 4(1) came into operation with effect from 30th November 2004