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42 CFR 484.102 - Condition of participation: Emergency preparedness (Home Health Agencies)

WyomingregulationWyoming Department of Health, Healthcare Licensing and Surveys (applying the federal CMS Condition of Participation)· effective 2016-11-16

What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1The agency must include in its plan strategies for addressing identified emergency events, the patient population served, continuity of operations including delegations of authority and succession plans, and a process for cooperation with local, tribal, regional, State, and Federal emergency preparedness officials. (42 CFR 484.102(a)(2)-(4))(42 CFR 484.102 - Condition of participation: Emergency preparedness (Home Health Agencies))
  • 2The agency must develop and implement emergency preparedness policies and procedures, reviewed and updated at least every 2 years, that include plans for patients during a disaster, procedures to inform State and local officials of patients in need of evacuation, follow-up with on-duty staff and patients, and a system of medical documentation that preserves patient information and protects confidentiality. (42 CFR 484.102(b))(42 CFR 484.102 - Condition of participation: Emergency preparedness (Home Health Agencies))
  • 3The agency must develop and maintain an emergency preparedness plan based on a documented facility-based and community-based all-hazards risk assessment, and review and update it at least every 2 years. (42 CFR 484.102(a))(42 CFR 484.102 - Condition of participation: Emergency preparedness (Home Health Agencies))
  • 4The agency must develop and maintain an emergency preparedness communication plan containing contact information for staff, patients' physicians, and emergency officials, and primary and alternate means for communicating with agency staff and officials. (42 CFR 484.102(c))(42 CFR 484.102 - Condition of participation: Emergency preparedness (Home Health Agencies))
  • 5The agency must provide initial emergency preparedness training to all staff and refresher training at least every 2 years, and must conduct exercises to test the emergency plan at least annually. (42 CFR 484.102(d))(42 CFR 484.102 - Condition of participation: Emergency preparedness (Home Health Agencies))

Applies to: home health

Wyoming does not maintain a distinct state administrative rule on emergency preparedness for home care/home health agencies. Its Healthcare Licensing and Surveys division directs providers to the federal CMS emergency preparedness Conditions of Participation. For home health agencies the on-point authority is 42 CFR 484.102, which requires an all-hazards emergency plan, policies and procedures, a communication plan, and training and testing.

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