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The report recommends: that the State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities retain independent consultation to review the quality of medical care at Craig Developmental Center; that developmental center physicians seek hospital consultation promptly on behalf of seriously ill developmental center clients; that the developmental center create a mechanism to assure the transfer of patient information in a more thorough manner, to include client medical care; that mortality reviews include all staff, especially physicians, involved in a client's care and treatment; and, that the conduct of physicians who failed to provide adequate medical attention to the deceased in this case be referred to the Board of Professional Medical Conduct of the Department of Health for review.