Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL › Part I - General Administration › Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification › Chapter 90 - Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (under 21) › Subchapter G - Emergency Preparedness › Section I-9083 - Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The PRTF shall incorporate an all hazards
					 risk assessment into the facilitys emergency preparedness plan designed to
					 manage the consequences of medical emergencies, power failures, fire, natural
					 disasters, declared disasters or other emergencies that disrupt the facility's
					 ability to provide care and treatment or threatens the lives or safety of the
					 residents. The facility shall follow and execute its emergency preparedness
					 plan in the event or occurrence of a disaster or emergency.
B. Upon the department's request, a facility
					 shall present its emergency preparedness plan for review. At a minimum, the
					 emergency preparedness plan shall include and address the following.
1. The emergency preparedness plan shall be
					 individualized and site specific. All information contained in the plan shall
					 be current and correct. The plan shall be made available to representatives of
					 the Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Office of Public Health upon
					 request of either of these offices. The facility's plan shall follow all
					 current applicable laws, standards, rules or regulations.
2. The facility's plan shall be submitted to
					 the parish or local Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
					 (OHSEP) yearly and upon request of either of these offices and verification of
					 this submittal maintained in the plan. Any recommendations by the parish or
					 local OHSEP regarding the facilitys plan shall be documented and addressed by
					 the PRTF.
3. The facility's plan
					 shall contain census information, including transportation requirements for the
					 PRTF residents as to the need for:
a.
					 wheelchair accessible or para-transit vehicle transport; or
b. the numbers of PRTF residents that do not
					 have any special transport needs.
4. The plan shall contain a clearly labeled
					 and legible master floor plan(s) that indicate the following:
a. the areas in the facility, either in the
					 resident's individual unit or apartment or the PRTF, that is to be used by
					 residents as shelter or safe zones during emergencies;
b. the location of emergency power outlets
					 (if none are powered or all are powered, this shall be stated on the
					 plan);
c. the locations of posted,
					 accessible, emergency information;
d. the plan shall provide for floor plans or
					 diagrams to be posted in each resident's room and shall clearly indicate that
					 specific room or apartment's location, the fire exits, the fire evacuation
					 routes, locations of alarm boxes and fire extinguishers, and written fire
					 evacuation procedures shall be included on one plan; and
i. a separate floor plan or diagram with safe
					 zones or sheltering areas for non fire emergencies shall indicate areas of
					 building, apartments, or rooms that are designated as safe or sheltering
					 areas;
e. the detail of
					 what will be powered by emergency generator(s), if applicable.