Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-616 - Emergency and Safety Standards for a Hospice Inpatient Facility

A. An administrator of a hospice inpatient facility shall ensure that:

1. A disaster plan is developed, documented, maintained in a location accessible to personnel members and other employees, and, if necessary, implemented that includes:

a. When, how, and where patients will be relocated, including:

i. Instructions for the evacuation or transfer of patients,

ii. Assigned responsibilities for each employee and personnel member, and

iii. A plan for providing continuing services to meet patient's needs;

b. How each patient's medical record will be available to individuals providing services to the patient during a disaster;

c. A plan to ensure each patient's medication will be available to administer to the patient during a disaster; and

d. A plan for obtaining food and water for individuals present in the hospice inpatient facility or the hospice inpatient facility's relocation site during a disaster;

2. The disaster plan required in subsection (A)(1) is reviewed at least once every 12 months;

3. Documentation of a disaster plan review required in subsection (A)(2) is created, is maintained for at least 12 months after the date of the disaster plan review, and includes:

a. The date and time of the disaster plan review;

b. The name of each personnel member, employee, or volunteer participating in the disaster plan review;

c. A critique of the disaster plan review; and

d. If applicable, recommendations for improvement;

3. 4. A disaster drill for employees is conducted on each shift at least once every three months and documented; and

4. Documentation of each evacuation drill is created, is maintained for at least 12 months after the date of the evacuation drill, and includes:

a. The date and time of the evacuation drill;

b. The amount of time taken for employees to evacuate the hospice inpatient facility;

c. Any problems encountered in conducting the evacuation drill; and

d. Recommendations for improvement, if applicable; and

5. An evacuation path is conspicuously posted on each hallway of each floor of the hospice inpatient facility.

B. An administrator shall:

1. Obtain a fire inspection conducted according to the time-frame established by the local fire department or the State Fire Marshal,

2. Make any repairs or corrections stated on the fire inspection report, and

3. Maintain documentation of a current fire inspection.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-616

Adopted effective November 6, 1978 (Supp. 78-6). Section R9-10-616 repealed effective November 1, 1998, under an exemption from the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act pursuant to Laws 1998, Ch. 178, § 17; filed with the Office of the Secretary of State October 2, 1998 (Supp. 98-4). New Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). . Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, effective 7/1/2014.

The following Section was repealed under an exemption from the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act which means these rules were not reviewed by the Governor's Regulatory Review Council; the Department did not submit notice of proposed rulemaking to the Secretary of State for publication in the Arizona Administrative Register; and the Department was not required to hold public hearings on the repealing of these rules.