Source: http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/february2013/final/16%20DE%20Reg%20863%2002-01-13.htm
Timestamp: 2018-03-19 22:31:50
Document Index: 653905110

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16 DE Admin. Code 3210
Delaware Health and Social Services ("Department"), Division of Long Term Care Residents Protection, initiated proceedings to amend the regulations regarding the Nursing Facilities Admitting Pediatric Residents. The Department's proceedings to amend its regulations were initiated pursuant to 29 Delaware Code, Section 10114, with authority prescribed by 29 Delaware Code, Section 7971.
The Department published its notice of proposed regulatory change pursuant to 29 Delaware Code Section 10115 in the December 2012 Delaware Register of Regulations, requiring written materials and suggestions from the public concerning the proposed regulations to be produced by December 31, 2012 at which time the Department would receive information, factual evidence and public comment to the said proposed changes to the regulations.
These revisions concern the information that must be contained in the facility's emergency plans, establishes a uniform format for the plan and requires that each facility submit copies of certificates demonstrating that two staff members have completed FEMA's Incident Command System training.
16 Del.C., ch. 11, Nursing Facilities and Similar Facilities
Partly as result of circumstances encountered by the Division and the facilities it regulates during and after Hurricane Irene in 2011 the Division recognized a need to strengthen the emergency preparedness capabilities of our facilities. The Division joined with the University of Delaware College of Nursing and Emergency preparedness in conducting a two day seminar for long term care facility administrators was conducted in the spring of 2012. The Division also contracted with an emergency preparedness consulting firm that is presently working with each facility to develop an all hazards plan. This regulatory amendment delineates what information must be contained in the plan, establishes a uniform format for the plan and requires that each facility have two staff members who have completed FEMA's Incident Command System training.
Comment: §12.6.3 could be "renumbered" as §12.7. Section 12.6 is a sentence which requires facilities to submit a plan and certificates. Section 12.6.3 is another independent sentence which does not comport with the format and grammar in §12.6.
Agency Response: Amended as follow:
[12.6.3 The Division may grant an extension of time for either requirement in 12.6 upon request and for good cause shown.
12.7 The Division may grant an extension of time for either requirement in 12.6 upon request and for good cause shown.]
Comment: §12.6 does not literally require submission of plans in connection with initial license applications. The skilled and intermediate facility "licensing requirements and procedures" regulation (16 DE Admin Code 3201 §4.0 requires facilities to comply with initial and renewal licensing standards codified at 16 Del.C., ch. 11. Title 16 §1104(e) refers to an "annual renewal application". Therefore we recommend amending §12.6 to read as follows: "Each facility shall submit with an application for a license and annual renewal of license of a license:"
Agency Response: Amended as follows:
12.6 Each facility shall submit with [its annual license an application for a license and annual renewal of a license]:
Comment: A one year extension was requested on the requirement at §12.3 that the plans be submitted to the Division and DEMA in digital format-conforming to the template prescribed by the Division.
Agency Response: The regulations, at the new §12.7, allow for an extension of the requirement upon request and for good cause shown.
Comment: A one year extension was requested on the requirement that copies of FEMA certificates demonstrating that at least two active full-time employees have completed FEMA training in ICS-100 and NIMS-700a in the past 24 months be submitted to the Division at the time of application for their annual license renewal effective January 1, 2013.
The Department finds that the proposed changes set forth in the December 2012 Register of Regulations should be adopted, subject to the withdrawal and the modification set forth above which are not substantive.
THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the proposed changes to Regulation 3210 Nursing Facilities Admitting Pediatric Residents, with the withdrawal and the modification indicated herein, is adopted and shall be final effective February 13, 2013.
12.6	Each facility shall submit with [its annual license an application for a license and annual renewal of a license]:
[12.6.3 12.7]The Division may grant an extension of time for either requirement in 12.6 upon request and for good cause shown.
16 DE Reg. 863 (02/01/13) (Final)