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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