Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-33-201 - Emergency Procedures and Evacuation Drills

A. A licensee shall ensure that a written plan for emergencies:

1. Is developed and implemented;

2. Is available and accessible to staff and each resident at the facility;

3. Contains procedures for responding to fire, emergency, severe weather conditions, and other disasters, including:

a. Routes of evacuation, location of firefighting equipment, and evacuation devices identified on a floor plan of the facility;

b. Instructions on the use of fire alarm systems, firefighting equipment, and evacuation devices;

c. Procedures for evacuating each resident, including a resident who is not capable of self-preservation or who has a mobility, sensory, or other physical impairment; and

d. Procedures for notifying an emergency response team, law enforcement, and the licensee or the licensee's designee; and

4. Includes procedures for when a resident is missing from the premises.

B. A licensee shall ensure that:

1. The facility's street address is painted or posted against a contrasting background so that the group home's or behavioral-supported group home's street address is visible from the street; or

2. The local emergency response team, such as the local fire department, is notified of the location of the facility in writing at least once every 12 months. The licensee shall make the written notification available for review at the facility for at least two years from the date of the notification.

C. A licensee shall ensure that:

1. Except as described in subsection (D), an evacuation drill that includes all residents, except any residents otherwise specifically excluded from evacuation drills as indicated on documentation provided by the Division for the resident, is conducted at least once every six months on each shift; and

2. Documentation of an evacuation drill is available for review at the facility for at least two years after the date of the evacuation drill that includes:

a. The date and time of the evacuation drill;

b. The length of time to evacuate or simulate the evacuation of all residents from the facility;

c. A summary of the evacuation drill, including a list of the residents and staff who were present at the time of the drill, how the drill was performed, how long the drill took to complete, and, if applicable, a list of residents for whom evacuation was simulated; and

d. Except as provided in subsection (D)(2), if the length of time to evacuate all residents from the facility exceeds three minutes, a plan of correction to bring the evacuation time to three minutes or less in case of an actual emergency requiring evacuation.

D. If a group home or behavioral-supported group home provides services to a resident whom the Division has identified, through the assessment process used to determine the group home's or behavioral-supported group home's fire risk prevention level, as having a condition that could cause a resident to be harmed if the resident participated in an evacuation drill, a licensee shall ensure that:

1. An evacuation drill:

a. Does not include the resident, and

b. Simulates the evacuation of the resident according to the plan required in subsection (A)(3)(c), and

2. The documentation of an evacuation drill required in subsection (C)(2) also includes, if the length of time to evacuate or simulate the evacuation of all residents exceeds five minutes, a plan of correction to bring the evacuation time to five minutes or less in case of an actual emergency requiring evacuation.

E. A licensee shall ensure that:

1. A first aid kit is available in the facility that has the following items in a quantity sufficient to meet the needs of residents and staff:

a. Adhesive sterile bandages of assorted sizes,

b. Sterile gauze pads,

c. Sterile gauze rolls,

d. Adhesive or self-adhering tape,

e. Antiseptic solution or sealed antiseptic wipes,

f. Re-closable plastic bags of at least one-gallon size,

g. Single-use non-porous gloves,

h. Scissors,

i. Tweezers, and

j. A cardiopulmonary resuscitation mouth guard or mouth shield;

2. All stairways, hallways, walkways, and other routes of evacuation are free of any obstacle that may prevent the evacuation of a resident in an emergency;

3. If a window or door contains locks, bars, grills, or other devices that obstruct evacuation, each device contains a release mechanism that is operable from the inside of a facility and that does not require the use of a key, special knowledge, or special effort;

4. Each facility contains a working non-cellular telephone that is available and accessible to staff and each resident at all times; and

5. The following are posted at the location of a facility's telephone:

a. Instructions to dial 911 or the telephone number of another local emergency response team, and

b. The address and telephone number of the group home or behavioral-supported group home.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-33-201

New Section made by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 910, effective February 11, 2002 (Supp. 02-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 18 A.A.R. 3295, effective February 3, 2013 (Supp. 12-4). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 30 A.A.R. 2045, effective 7/1/2024.