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| **Policy EBBB\\ | **Policy EBBB\\ | ||
| Accident Reports\\ | Accident Reports\\ | ||
| - | School Board Approved: February 28, 2005\\ | + | School Board Approved: February 21, 2022** |
| - | In case of accident, the teacher to whom the student is assigned must fill out an accident form the day of an accident involving the student. \\ | + | **General Accident Reporting**\\ |
| + | An accident report shall be required whenever an accident occurs:\\ | ||
| - | The procedures for accidents and accident reporting are to be reviewed in September by the Principals, with the staffs of each school. \\ | + | * in a school;\\ |
| + | * on a school playground; or\\ | ||
| + | * at any school-sponsored activity\\ | ||
| - | All accidents judged to be other than minor require an accident report to be filled out and filed with the Principal within 24 hours of the incident. If the accident involves the services of a physician and/or is likely to result in an insurance claim, two accident reports are to prepared: one copy filed at the school office and one copy to the District’s insurance agent. If the incident is not one involving a physician and is unlikely to be an insurance case, it will be sufficient to prepare one copy to be filed at the school. \\ | + | Which requires a student or employee to be:\\ |
| - | If the incident is one involving the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), the School Nurse, or his/her designee, shall report all instances of the AED use the New Hampshire Department of Safety. See sample incident report forms in Appendix KFD-R or at www.state.nh.us/safety/ems/aed_public_registry_packet.pdf \\ | + | * out of class or absent from school;\\ |
| + | * necessitates the services of a health care provider (physician, advanced registered nurse practitioner, licensed physician's assistant or dentist);\\ | ||
| + | * requires first aid; or\\ | ||
| + | * which might reasonably be anticipated to give cause to an insurance or liability claim or case for liability at a later date.\\ | ||
| + | The school district employee who witnessed or first responded to the accident must fill out an accident form as soon as possible, but in no event more than 24 hours of the accident. The form shall be submitted to the building principal and forwarded to the Superintendent. The building principal, or in the principal's absence the supervisor on duty at the time of the accident, shall assure that an accident form is completed in a timely manner. \\ | ||
| - | **Legal References:** | + | **Insurance Notification**\\ |
| + | For accidents which might lead to an insurance or liability claim, the Superintendent shall notify the District's liability carrier promptly.\\ | ||
| - | //NH Code of Administrative Rules – Section Ed. 306.12 (b) (l)// | + | **Additional Reporting Required for Accidents Involving Death or Serious Injuries**\\ |
| + | Within eight (8) hours of any accident involving a death which occurs during the school day, or on school property, the building principal or other supervisor on duty at the time, shall report the death to the Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Labor via telephone or email. This initial report shall state as fully as possible the cause of the death and the place where the body of the deceased person was sent.\\ | ||
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| + | Within twenty-four (24) hours of any accident involving a serious injury which occurs during the school day, or on school property, the building principal or other supervisor on duty at the time, shall report the serious injury to the Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Labor via telephone or email. This initial report shall state as fully as possible the cause of the death and the place where the injured person was sent for medical evaluation or treatment. For the purposes of this provision, "serious injury" means an incident that results in amputation, lost or fracture of any body part, head injury or internal injury that necessitates hospitalization.\\ | ||
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| + | **Training**\\ | ||
| + | All staff shall receive annual training relative to accident and accident reporting protocols.\\ | ||
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| + | **Legal References:**\\ | ||
| + | //RSA 200, Health and Sanitation\\ | ||
| + | RSA 277:15-b, Reports of Death or Serious Injury\\ | ||
| + | N.H. Code of Administrative Rules, Section Ed 306.12, School Health Services\\ | ||
| + | N.H. Code of Administrative Rules, Section Ed 311, School Health Services\\ | ||
| + | N.H. Dept. of Education Administrative Rule - Ed// | ||
| {{ ::ebbb_accident_reports.pdf |Download}}\\ | {{ ::ebbb_accident_reports.pdf |Download}}\\ | ||
| [[section_e|Section E]]\\ | [[section_e|Section E]]\\ | ||
| [[start|Policy Manual]] | [[start|Policy Manual]] | ||
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