California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 3.5 - Mental Health Rehabilitation Centers › Article 4 - General Requirements › Section 784.25 - External Disaster and Mass Casualty Program

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A written
				  external disaster and mass casualty program plan shall be adopted and followed. The
				  plan shall be developed with the advice and assistance of county or regional and
				  local planning offices and shall not conflict with county and community disaster
				  plans. A copy of the plan shall be available on the premises for review by the
				  Department.
(b) The plan shall provide
				  procedures in event of community and widespread disasters. The written plan shall
				  include at least the following:
(1) Sources of
				  emergency utilities and supplies, including gas, water, food and essential medical
				  supportive materials.
(2) Procedures for
				  assigning personnel and recalling off-duty personnel.
(3) Unified medical command; chart of lines of
				  emergency authority in the mental health rehabilitation center.
(4) Procedures for the conversion of all usable
				  space into areas for client observation and immediate care of emergency
				  admissions.
(5) Prompt transfer of
				  casualties when necessary and after preliminary medical services have been rendered,
				  to the mental health rehabilitation center most appropriate for administering
				  definitive care. Procedures for moving clients from damaged areas of the mental
				  health rehabilitation center to undamaged areas.
(6) Arrangements for provision of transportation
				  of clients including emergency housing where indicated. Procedures for emergency
				  transfers of clients who need to be moved to health care facilities, including
				  arrangements for safe and efficient transportation and transfer
				  information.
(7) Procedures for
				  emergency discharge of clients who can be discharged without jeopardy into the
				  community, including prior arrangements for their care, arrangements for safe and
				  efficient transportation and at least one follow-up inquiry within 24 hours, to
				  ascertain that clients are receiving required care.
(8) Procedures for maintaining a record of client
				  relocation.
(9) An evacuation plan,
				  including evacuation routes, emergency phone numbers of physicians, health
				  facilities, the fire department and local emergency medical services agencies and
				  arrangements for the safe transfer of clients after evacuation.
(10) A tag containing all pertinent personal and
				  medical information which shall accompany each client who is moved, transferred,
				  discharged or evacuated.
(11) Procedures
				  for maintaining security in order to keep relatives, visitors and curious persons
				  out of the mental health rehabilitation center during a disaster.
(12) Procedures for providing emergency care to
				  incoming clients from other facilities.
(13) Assignment of public relations liaison duties
				  to a responsible individual employed by the mental health rehabilitation center to
				  release information to the public during a disaster.