Families should report any criminal activity they feel their loved one is threatened by in a drug rehab facility. A call must be made to the Bakersfield police or the Kern County Sheriff’s Department if family members hear about someone supplying patients with a substance like fentanyl. It could be a visitor to the premises or even a staff member supplying drugs.
Otherwise, families can report facilities to state authorities and be forced to undergo investigations and inquiries.
A call to an experienced Bakersfield Drug Rehab Facility Negligence Lawyer is also a wise idea if your loved one is hurt or loses their life after being admitted to a clinic. A lawyer can help you collect the evidence necessary to hold a facility’s owners and operators liable for allowing a precious loved one to come to harm. You can find out what actions to take for your loved one and your family by scheduling a free case consultation with a real Bakersfield attorney. This case review is free and comes with no obligation to you.
Reporting Negligence at a Bakersfield Drug Rehab Facility
Families with loved ones at a local addiction treatment facility can feel powerless after turning over a family member into their care. They may have gotten promises of 24/7 monitoring and compassionate treatment, but those promises don’t always hold.
A clinic and its staff members can get careless or even act recklessly and put patients at risk. Nurses and security can look at their cell phones instead of monitoring vulnerable patients. A patient in withdrawal may be allowed to take a dangerous fall.
Families may have to alert local authorities if a patient is exposed to criminal activity, especially activity that can ruin the progress they’ve made. Bakersfield Police would need notification if your loved one mentioned drug activity on the premises.
Police would be investigating the source of the drugs and other factors:
- Unauthorized visitors
- Staff Members
- Patients smuggling in contraband
- Drug deals occurring on the premises
- Any criminal connections involved
Police should also be contacted when your loved one is the target of sexual abuse from staff members or other patients.
These and other factors illuminate the facility’s negligence when it comes to security and the monitoring of patients and staff members.
Alerting State Officials to Drug Rehab Clinic Negligence
You can also alert the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) by filing a formal complaint over facility conditions. Any complaint can trigger an investigation. Your action might also cause the facility to have to submit to licensing compliance recertification.
For facilities operating as a licensed health facility, you have another option. You can send a complaint to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). The CDPH ensures compliance with state licensing laws and federal certification regulations. It can strip a rehab facility of its right to operate in the state.
Our website offers more information on requesting an investigation into a negligent drug rehab center.
Securing Evidence if Drug Rehab Negligence Hurts Your Loved One
When sounding the alarm about a negligent rehab clinic or reporting criminal activity, you’ll want to be as thorough as possible.
Providing these details can help draw attention to what’s going on and what’s happening to your loved one:
- Provide your family member’s name and contact information
- Provide the full name and address of the facility
- Detailed dates, times, and descriptions for the incidents
- A full account from your loved one in texts, emails, or transcribed verbal reporting
- The names of staff members involved
- Provide photos, medical records, or witness information if available
When a loved one is injured while under the care of a facility or suffers fatal harm, perhaps because of a deadly fentanyl overdose, a lawyer can also take part in a serious investigation.
Maison Law Accident & Injury Lawyers would be securing staff logs and internal documents to determine how a patient was allowed to come to harm. In the case of an overdose, security footage may show how drugs made their way into the facility.
All these details can help victims and their families build a strong personal injury case to earn support through such a difficult time. The victim should have all medical costs covered and get every benefit available to mount a new journey to recovery.
Contact a Bakersfield Drug Rehab Facility Negligence Lawyer
If your loved one has been hurt during time spent at a local drug rehab center, a lawyer can help collect powerful evidence that can’t be ignored. Maison Law Accident & Injury Lawyers secures proof of negligence so facility owners can’t escape blame.
An experienced lawyer can also often secure much more in support for the victims and the victim’s family. This is often much more than families could secure by taking on a large health conglomerate themselves.
To get started on seeking justice, schedule a free case consultation with us. It’s a no-risk way to determine how to hold a careless Kern County drug rehab facility fully responsible for its negligence.
If you need our help to protect a loved one, you won’t need any upfront money. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for your loved one and your family. Then, our attorney’s fee comes out of the settlement or judgment that a drug rehab facility must provide.