Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 67 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part V - Child Welfare › Subpart 8 - Residential Licensing › Chapter 71 - Residential Homes-Type IV › Section V-7121 - Emergency Preparedness

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  Emergency Plan
1. The provider, in
				  consultation with appropriate state or local authorities, shall establish and
				  follow a written multi-hazard emergency and evacuation plan to protect
				  residents and children of residents in the event of any emergency. The written
				  overall plan of emergency procedures shall:
a. provide for the evacuation of residents
				  and children of residents to safe or sheltered areas. Evacuation plans shall
				  include procedures for addressing both planned and unplanned evacuations to
				  alternate locations within the city and long distance evacuations;
b. provide for training of staff and, as
				  appropriate, residents and children of residents in preventing, reporting, and
				  responding to fires and other emergencies. The plan shall be reviewed with all
				  staff at least annually. Documentation evidencing that the plan has been
				  reviewed with all staff shall include staff signatures and date
				  reviewed;
c. provide for training
				  of staff in their emergency duties for all types of emergencies and the use of
				  any fire fighting or other emergency equipment in their immediate work
				  areas;
d. provide for adequate
				  staffing in the event of an emergency;
e. ensure access to medication and other
				  necessary supplies or equipment;
f.
				  include shelter in place, lock down situations, and evacuations with regard to
				  natural disasters, manmade disasters, bomb threats, and national security
				  threats;
g. be appropriate for the
				  area in which the facility is located and address any potential disaster due to
				  that particular location;
h.
				  include a system to account for all residents and children of residents whether
				  sheltering in place, locking down, or evacuating to a pre-determined relocation
				  site;
i. include lock down
				  procedures for situations that may result in harm to persons inside the
				  facility, including but not limited to a shooting, hostage incident, intruder,
				  trespassing, disturbance, or any situation deemed harmful at the discretion of
				  the program director or public safety personnel;
j. account for residents and children of
				  residents and ensure that no one leaves the designated safe area in a lock down
				  situation. Staff shall secure facility entrances, ensuring that no unauthorized
				  individual enters the facility;
k.
				  include an individualized emergency plan (including medical contact information
				  and additional supplies/equipment needed) for each resident and child of a
				  resident with special needs;
l.
				  ensure that residents and children of residents who are prescribed prescription
				  medication are able to receive medication if evacuated from facility;
m. include plans for nuclear evacuation if
				  the facility is located within a 10-mile radius of a nuclear power plant or
				  research facility;
n. include
				  emergency contact information for staff in the event evacuation from the
				  facility is necessary.