45.19 - Reports to the commission.

§ 45.19 Reports to the commission.    Every  director or other person in charge of a mental hygiene facility  shall report immediately, and in any event within three working days, to  the commission and the medical review board the death of  a  patient  or  resident  of  any  such  facility  in  such manner and such forms as the  commission shall prescribe, together with an  autopsy  report,  if  any.  Every  director  or  other person in charge of a mental hygiene facility  shall report promptly to the commission  any  allegations  of  abuse  or  mistreatment  of  a  patient  or resident of such facility in accordance  with procedures established by the commission.