Or. Admin. Code § 411-348-0230 - Emergency Plan and Safety Review
(1) EMERGENCY INFORMATION AND EMERGENCY
PLANS. A program provider must ensure:
(a)
The in-residence caregiver maintains emergency information for each child
placed in the Host Home according to OAR
411-348-0185;
(b) Emergency telephone numbers are posted in
an accessible location in the Host Home;
(c) The in-residence caregiver maintains a
written emergency plan for the protection of all children in the Host Home in
the event of an emergency or disaster.
(d) Children are provided with information
about appropriate steps to take in an emergency, such as emergency contact
telephone numbers, contacting police or fire personnel, or other strategies to
obtain assistance.
(2)
EMERGENCY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND WRITTEN EMERGENCY PLAN.
(a) A program provider must develop,
maintain, update, and implement a written emergency plan that includes
instructions for the in-residence caregiver, staff, and volunteers in the event
of an emergency or disaster. The emergency plan must be available at the
program provider's office and the Host Home setting. The program provider must
also provide a copy to the CDDP. The emergency plan must:
(A) Be practiced at least annually. The
emergency plan practice may consist of a walk-through of the program provider's
and in-residence caregiver's responsibilities, or a discussion exercise dealing
with a hypothetical event.
(B)
Consider the needs of the child receiving services and address all natural and
human-caused events identified as a significant risk for the Host Home, such as
a pandemic or an earthquake.
(C) At
the Host Home, include provisions and sufficient supplies, such as sanitation
and food supplies, to shelter in place, when unable to relocate, for a minimum
of three days under the following conditions:
(i) Extended utility outage;
(ii) No running water;
(iii) Inability to replace food or supplies;
and
(iv) Alternate caregiver or
staff is unable to provide respite or additional support and care.
(D) Include provisions for
evacuation and relocation that identifies:
(i)
The duties of the program provider, in-residence caregiver, and staff during
evacuation, transporting, and housing of a child including instructions to
notify the child's parent or guardian, the Department or designee, the CDDP
services coordinator, and DHS-CW as applicable, of the plan to evacuate or the
evacuation of the Host Home as soon as the emergency or disaster reasonably
allows;
(ii) The method and source
of transportation;
(iii) Planned
relocation sites that are reasonably anticipated to meet the needs of the
child;
(iv) A method that provides
a person unknown to the child the ability to identify each child by the child's
name, and to identify the name of the child's supporting provider;
and
(v) A method for tracking and
reporting to the Department or the Department's designee and the local CDDP,
the physical location of each child in the Host Home until a different entity
resumes responsibility for the child.
(E) Address the needs of the child, including
provisions to provide:
(i) Immediate and
continued access to medical treatment and other information necessary to obtain
care, treatment, food, and fluids for the child, during and after an evacuation
and relocation;
(ii) Continued
access to life sustaining pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and equipment
during and after an evacuation and relocation;
(iii) Behavior support needs anticipated
during an emergency; and
(iv)
Adequate supervision and supports needed to meet the life-sustaining and safety
needs of the child.
(b) A program provider must provide and
document all training to in-residence caregivers and staff regarding their
responsibilities for implementing the emergency plan.
(c) A program provider must re-evaluate and
revise the emergency plan at least annually or when there is a significant
change in the Host Home.
(3) EMERGENCY BACK-UP. A program provider
must have a plan and assure for emergency back-up in the event the in-residence
caregiver is unavailable.
(a) The emergency
back-up plan may include, but is not limited to, the use of an alternate Host
Home setting or other licensed or certified provider home, additional staffing,
and behavior support consultation.
(b) A program provider must assure that in
the event of the emergency absence of an in-residence caregiver, there is a
written contingency plan for each child that is available for the staff and
alternate caregivers.
(4) MONTHLY SAFETY REVIEW. A documented
safety review must be conducted monthly to ensure that each Host Home is free
of hazards. The program provider must keep the monthly safety review reports
for two years and must make them available upon request by the CDDP or the
Department.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 409.050, 427.104, 441.715, 430.662, 443.450 & 443.455
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 409.010, 427.007, 427.101, 427.104, 430.215, 430.610, 430.662, 441.705-441.720, 441.740, 441.745, 443.384, 443.392, 443.400-443.455, 443.880, 443.881 & 443.991
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