Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 90 - ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
Section 11-90-5 - Emergency care and disaster planning
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 11-90-5
Current through February, 2024
(a) There shall be written policies and procedures to follow in an emergency which shall include provisions for the following:
(1) Arranging
for rapid primary care provider attention or arranging for other available
assistance;
(2) Transportation
arrangements for hospitalization or other services which are
appropriate;
(3) Maintenance of an
appropriate first aid kit for emergency use; and
(4) Quarterly rehearsal of emergency
evacuation plans for staff and residents to follow in case of fire, explosion,
or other civil emergency occurring in or within the environs of the
facility.
(b) The facility shall develop and maintain a written disaster preparedness plan to be followed in case of emergency or disaster. A copy of the plan shall be readily available at all times within the facility. Such plan shall include procedures for evacuating all individuals in the facility, which shall include the following:
(1) Provisions for evacuating
residents with impaired mobility or cognitive impairments;
(2) Provisions for transporting all of the
residents of the facility to a predetermined appropriate facility or facilities
that will accommodate all the residents of the facility in case of a disaster
requiring evacuation of the facility; and
(3) A written transfer agreement, renewed
every two years, with the appropriate facility or facilities for accommodating
all of the residents of the facility in case of a disaster requiring evacuation
of the facility.
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