California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 2 - Health and Welfare Agency-Department of Developmental Services Regulations › Chapter 3 - Community Services › Subchapter 4.2 - Intermediate Care Facility (Icf); Intermediate Care Facility/Developmentally Disabled (Icf/DD); Intermediate Care Facility/Developmentally Disabled-Habilitative (Icf/DD-H); Intermediate Care Facility/Developmentally Disabled-Nursing (Icf/DD-N); Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Monitoring Requirements › Article 3 - Delayed Egress Devices and Secured Perimeters › Section 56621 - Plan of Operation

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 In addition to the requirements of Title 22, California Code of Regulations,
					 Sections 76309, with respect to an ICF/DD,
					 and 76857, with respect to an ICF/DD-H, the plan of operation shall include the
					 following information for the use of secured perimeters:
(1) Documentation provided by the regional
					 center responsible for the geographic area in which the facility is located of
					 the local need for the proposed facility with delayed egress devices and a
					 secured perimeter.
(2) A component
					 describing the following:
(A) An explanation
					 of how interior and exterior space is to be made available on the facility
					 premises to permit consumers to move freely and safely.
(B) Staff qualifications and staff training
					 curricula, including participation by the local regional center and regional
					 center clients' rights advocate providing advocacy services pursuant to section
					 4433
					 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(C) An explanation of how the applicant or
					 licensee will ensure the protection of consumers' personal rights, including
					 those specified in Chapter 1, Division 4.5 of the Welfare and Institutions
					 Code, and any applicable personal rights provided in Titles 17 and 22 of the
					 California Code of Regulations.
(D)
					 The applicant's or licensee's plan for managing consumers' lack of hazard
					 awareness and impulse control behavior.
(E) Procedures to inform consumers that they
					 have the right to leave the facility and procedures to be followed if a
					 consumer indicates a desire to leave the facility, including the use of
					 redirection or, if the consumer indicates a continued desire to leave following
					 redirection, procedures for staff accompaniment and supervision, including
					 procedures for ensuring sufficient staffing for the remaining
					 residents.
(F) Procedures to be
					 used for conducting and documenting fire and earthquake drills on each shift at
					 least once every 2 months that include all facility staff providing consumer
					 care and supervision.
(G) The
					 facility's emergency evacuation procedure. The procedure shall include the
					 protocol for consumers moving through and beyond the secured perimeters when
					 needed for their safety.
(H) In the
					 case of an existing facility seeking to add delayed egress devices and secured
					 perimeters, a plan for relocating current facility residents who have not been
					 determined to meet the admissions and continued placement requirements for an
					 ICF/DD or ICF/DD-H utilizing delayed egress devices in combination with secured
					 perimeters as set forth in Section
					 56622 and Health and Safety Code
					 Section
					 1267.75.