It is the policy of the Virginia Association of Recovery Residences (VARR), that all accredited residences, members, and organizations report all major incidents. A major incident is defined as any emergency or situation that has significant impact for urgency which demands a response beyond routine incident management. A major incident also includes but is not limited to any volunteer, staff, and owner of an organization that violates the signed code of ethics and or whose actions either directly or indirectly affect a participant or resident of the organization. If a major incident occurs it is the responsibility of the VARR accredited organization to report the major incident on the approved VARR Incident form and submit it with a written summary of the incident within 5 days from the date of the incident. The incident form and summary of the incident will be sent to the VARR office; VARR will review the incident report. When deemed necessary, VARR may send the incident report to the Board of Directors and/or a special committee for further review. VARR will keep record of all major incidents and keep a file of each major incident report.