Friday, August 06, 2010
Charges Of Sexual Abuse At Nursing Home
KENTUCKY...
Attorney General Jack Conway has announced that Hazard Nursing Home Inc. and its administrator, 61-year-old Sheila Noe of Hazard were charged with failure to report suspected abuse.
It is alleged that Noe, acting as the administrator and on behalf of the
corporation, was made aware of the suspected sexual abuse of a patient by
another patient on August 8, 2009, and failed to report the suspected abuse
to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as required by law. Failure to report is a Class B Misdemeanor.
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services conducted an inspection in May of
2010 after becoming aware of the allegations, which led to the facility
receiving a regulatory Type A citation. Investigators from the Office of
the Attorney General's Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control received
the citation and initiated a criminal investigation.
Summonses were issued for both Noe and the registered agent for Hazard
Nursing Home Inc. to appear in Perry District Court on September 13, 2010 at
9 a.m.
A criminal charge is an allegation only. All defendants are innocent until
proven guilty.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:47 PM 
