Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R380 - Administration
Rule R380-40 - Local Health Department Minimum Performance Standards
Section R380-40-9 - Local Health Department Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 380-40-9
Current through Bulletin 2023-24, December 15, 2023
(1) Each local health department shall conduct public health emergency preparedness efforts.
(a) conduct, or coordinate with emergency
management agencies in the district to conduct, a community public health,
medical, mental, and behavioral health hazard and risk assessment that
considers populations with special needs to influence prioritization of public
health emergency preparedness efforts;
(b) establish partnerships with volunteers,
emergency response agencies, and other community organizations involved in
emergency response;
(c) establish
Memorandums of Agreement with response partners for assistance in emergency
response;
(d) identify public
health roles and responsibilities in local emergency response;
(e) function as the lead agency for Emergency
Support Function #8---Public Health and Medical Services;
(f) maintain an all-hazards public health
emergency operations plan that shall include priorities from hazard and risk
assessment in R380-40-9(1)(a); hazard-specific response information for an
infectious disease outbreak; and protocols or guidelines for dispensing of
medical countermeasures, public health emergency messaging, non-pharmaceutical
interventions, mass fatality response and requesting additional
resources;
(g) maintain a
continuity of operations plan that shall include employee notification, lines
of authority and succession, and prioritized local health department
functions;
(h) annually test public
health preparedness through an emergency response drill or exercise;
(i) ensure access to and annually test
emergency response communications equipment and systems that will be used in
public health emergency response;
(j) the local health officer and at least one
other employee shall complete FEMA ICS-100, ICS-200, ICS-300, ICS-400, IS-700,
and IS-800 courses.
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-7, effective 3/2/2016
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2018-15, effective 7/3/2018
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