24 Miss. Code. R. 2-13.9 - Disaster Preparedness and Response
A. An
Emergency/Disaster Response Plan must be developed and maintained for each
location. Information may be similar to other locations, but specific location
information is required. A Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) must be
developed for each agency provider and a copy maintained at each
location.
B. Agency providers must
develop and maintain an Emergency/Disaster Response Plan for each
facility/service location that is specific to each certified service location,
approved by the governing body, for responding to natural disasters and manmade
disasters (fires, bomb threats, utility failures and other threatening
situations, such as workplace violence). The plan should identify which events
are most likely to affect the facility/service location. This plan must address
at a minimum:
1. Lines of authority and
Incident Command;
2. Identification
of a Disaster Coordinator;
3.
Notification and plan activation;
4. Coordination of planning and response
activities with local and state emergency management authorities;
5. Assurances that employees will be
available to respond during an emergency/disaster;
6. Communication with people receiving
services, employees, governing authorities, and accrediting and/or licensing
entities;
7. Accounting for all
people involved (employees and people receiving services);
8. Conditions for evacuation;
9. Procedures for evacuation;
10. Conditions for agency provider
closure;
11. Procedures for agency
provider closure;
12. Schedules of
drills for the plan;
13. The
location of all fire extinguishing equipment, carbon monoxide detectors (if gas
or any other means of carbon monoxide emission is used in facility) and
alarms/smoke detectors;
14. The
identified or established method of annual fire equipment inspection;
15. Escape routes and procedures that are
specific to location/site and the type of disaster(s) for which they apply;
and,
16. Procedures for post event
conditions (i.e., loss of power, telephone service, ability to
communicate).
C. Agency
providers must develop and maintain a Continuity of Operations Plan, approved
by the governing body, for responding to natural disasters, manmade disasters,
fires, bomb threats, utility failures and other threatening situations, such as
workplace violence. This plan must address at a minimum:
1. Identification of agency provider's
essential functions in the event of emergency/ disaster;
2. Identification of necessary staffing to
carry out essential functions;
3.
Delegations of authority;
4.
Alternate work sites in the event of location/site closure;
5. Identification of vital records and their
locations; and,
6. Identification
of systems to maintain security of and access to vital records.
D. Copies of the
Emergency/Disaster Response Plan and the Continuity of Operations Plan must be
maintained on-site for each facility/service location and at the agency
provider's administrative offices.
E. All agency providers must document
implementation of the written plans for emergency/disaster response that are
specific to that location/site and continuity of operations. This documentation
of implementation must include, but is not limited to the following:
(Exception: Supported Living and Shared Supported Living that are not owned or
controlled by a certified agency provider, and Host Homes.)
1. Quarterly fire drills for each facility
and service location.
2. Monthly
fire drills for Supervised Living and/or Residential Treatment service
locations, conducted on a rotating schedule per shift.
3. Quarterly disaster drills, rotating the
nature of the event for the drill based on the Emergency/Disaster Plan, for
each facility and service location.
4. Annual drill of Continuity of Operations
Plan for the agency provider with documentation maintained at the main
office.
F. All
Supervised Living, residential treatment service locations, and/or Crisis
Residential Units must maintain current emergency/disaster preparedness kits to
support people receiving services and employees for a minimum of seventy-two
(72) hours post-event. At a minimum, these supplies must be kept in one (1)
place and include the following:
1.
Non-perishable foods;
2. Manual can
opener;
3. Water (one [1] gallon
per person per day);
4. Flashlights
and batteries;
5. Plastic sheeting
and duct tape;
6. Battery powered
AM/FM radio; and,
7. Personal
hygiene items.
G. All
Supervised Living, residential treatment service locations, and/or Crisis
Residential Units must have policies and procedures that can be implemented in
the event of an emergency that ensure medication, prescription and
nonprescription, based on the needs of the people in the service and guidance
of appropriate medical personnel are available for up to seventy-two (72) hours
post-event.
Notes
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