Healthcare Facilities Checklist

Table of Contents

• Planning Criteria for Medical Facilities
• Planning Resources
• Links
• Training

Planning Criteria for Medical Facilities

In 1995, House Bill 911 was signed into legislation requiring all health care facilities to have comprehensive emergency management plans (CEMP) developed by each facility and then reviewed by the local emergency management office for compliance to the specific state criteria. The purpose of this bill was designed to reinforce the concept that healthcare facilities, as part of doing business, are responsible for their own residents/clientele not only during normal business operations, but also during emergency situations.

Each facility must develop a plan that addresses all the required criteria found in the State’s criteria checklists and the appropriate requirements found in Florida Statute and the Florida Administrative Code. The criteria checklists are provided as links on this website. Each year, disaster plans must be submitted, reviewed, and approved by the Department of Public Safety, Emergency Management Division, for compliance in addressing those criteria. For those companies that have multiple facilities found in several different counties, each facility must submit a disaster plan to their respective county emergency management office.

The following minimum criteria are to be used when Comprehensive Emergency Management Plans (CEMP) for all Residential Health Care Facilities (Facilities), including, but not limited to Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs), Nursing Homes, Hospitals, and other Residential Health Care Providers. The criteria will serve as the recommended plan format for the CEMP, and will also serve as the compliance review document for county emergency management agencies upon submission for review and approval pursuant to Chapter 252, Florida Statutes.

Disaster plans must be submitted by mail or email to:

Emergency Management Division
Manatee County Department of Public Safety
2010 47th Terrace East
Bradenton, Florida 34203
941-749-3500
Emergency.management@mymanatee.org

• Please submit a COPY of your disaster plan for our review.
• You must include current contact information for the plan.
• Do not include any patient protected health information in your disaster plan.

 Fees for the disaster review process are allowed to be charged at the discretion of the County Emergency Management Office, to the maximum amounts identified in F.A.C. Chapter 9G-20.
  

Planning Resources

Links

Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) http://cdc.gov

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) http://www.hhs.gov

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) http://ahca.myflorida.com

Florida Agency for Personal with Disabilities http://apdcares.org

Florida Department of Elder Affairs http://elderaffairs.state.fl.us

Florida Department of Health http://www.doh.state.fl.us

Manatee County Department of Health http://www.doh.state.fl.us/chdmanatee/index.htm

Training

FEMA Independent Study Courses at the Emergency Management Institute (EMI)

The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) offers online, self-paced courses designed for people who have emergency management responsibilities and the general public. Courses are free-of-charge to those who qualify for enrollment. These courses can provide education on disaster planning, mock disaster exercise planning, and more. Some courses are healthcare-specific, including:

IS-100.HC: Introduction to the Incident Command System for Healthcare/Hospitals

IS-200.HC Applying ICS to Healthcare Organizations

IS-808 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #8 – Public Health and Medical Services

Responder Stress, Psychological First Aid, and CISD