INTRODUCTION Purpose The § 485.68 Condition of participation: Emergency preparedness states: The Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF) must comply with all applicable and Federal emergency preparedness requirements. The CORF must establish and maintain an emergency preparedness program that meets the requirements of this section. The emergency preparedness program must include, but not be limited to, the following elements: Emergency plan. The CORF must develop and maintain an emergency preparedness plan that must be reviewed and updated at least annually. The plan must: (1) Be on and include a documented, facility-based, and community-based risk assessment, utilizing an all-hazards approach; (2) Include strategies for addressing emergency events identified by the risk assessment; (3) Address patient population, including, but not limited to, the type of services the CORF has the ability to provide in an emergency; and continuity of operations, including delegations of authority and succession plans. (4) Include a process for ensuring cooperation and collaboration with local, tribal, regional, State, and Federal emergency preparedness officials’ efforts to ensure an integrated response during a disaster or emergency situation, including documentation of the CORF’s efforts to contact such officials and, when applicable, of its participation in collaborative and cooperative planning efforts; (5) Be developed and maintained with assistance from fire, safety, and appropriate experts. Regulatory and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services require the following supporting plan documents: Communications plan Continuity of operations plan Evacuation maps and floor plans Mutual aid agreements Organizational charts Policies and procedures Fire safety plan
INTRODUCTION Purpose The § 485.68 Condition of participation: Emergency preparedness states: The Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF) must comply with all applicable and Federal emergency preparedness requirements. The CORF must establish and maintain an emergency preparedness program that meets the requirements of this section. The emergency preparedness program must include, but not be limited to, the following elements: Emergency plan. The CORF must develop and maintain an emergency preparedness plan that must be reviewed and updated at least annually. The plan must: (1) Be on and include a documented, facility-based, and community-based risk assessment, utilizing an all-hazards approach; (2) Include strategies for addressing emergency events identified by the risk assessment; (3) Address patient population, including, but not limited to, the type of services the CORF has the ability to provide in an emergency; and continuity of operations, including delegations of authority and succession plans. (4) Include a process for ensuring cooperation and collaboration with local, tribal, regional, State, and Federal emergency preparedness officials’ efforts to ensure an integrated response during a disaster or emergency situation, including documentation of the CORF’s efforts to contact such officials and, when applicable, of its participation in collaborative and cooperative planning efforts; (5) Be developed and maintained with assistance from fire, safety, and appropriate experts. Regulatory and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services require the following supporting plan documents: Communications plan Continuity of operations plan Evacuation maps and floor plans Mutual aid agreements Organizational charts Policies and procedures Fire safety plan
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