{"ref":"FL-HSP-EP-02","title":"Patient Emergency Planning, Special Needs Registry and Shelter Care","category":"Emergency preparedness","summary":"Sets what the Agency does for each patient and caregiver before, during and after an emergency: telling every patient at admission about the Agency’s plan and the county special needs registry, documenting whether the patient will evacuate and who will give care, collecting and submitting registration information, giving registration information every year, keeping the medication, supply and equipment list for each special-needs patient, confirming each patient’s plan when a threat is imminent, staffing patients in special needs shelters, and telling patients when services will be interrupted and restored.","inShort":["At admission, tell every patient and caregiver about our emergency plan and the county special needs registry.","Write down whether the patient will evacuate, whether the caregiver can give care, or whether we must arrange another caregiver.","For patients who will need care in a disaster, collect the registration information and give it to the safety liaison.","Leave an up-to-date medication, supply and equipment list in the home, and remind the patient to keep medicines on hand.","When a storm threatens, call your patients to confirm their plans, starting with the highest priority."],"primaryCitation":"Rule 59A-38.018(7)-(15), F.A.C.","citations":["Rule 59A-38.018(7)-(15), F.A.C.","s. 252.355, F.S.","s. 400.610(1)(b), F.S.","s. 400.6095(5)(a), (f), F.S.","s. 408.821(4), F.S."],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §418.113(b)(1)-(2), (c)","42 CFR §418.56"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me where a patient’s record documents the emergency plan and whether the patient will evacuate.","How do you tell patients about the special needs registry, and how do you submit registration information to the county?"],"forms":[{"ref":"FL-HSP-EP-02-A","title":"Patient Emergency Plan and Special Needs Registry Information"},{"ref":"FL-HSP-EP-02-B","title":"Evacuation Medication, Supply and Equipment List"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (Rule 59A-38.018(7)-(15), F.A.C.; s. 252.355, F.S.)","5. At Admission","5.1 The medication, supply and equipment list","6. Patient Priority Levels (Agency standard)","7. Working With Local Emergency Management Agencies","8. When an Emergency Threatens","9. Care in Special Needs Shelters and Other Locations","10. When Services Cannot Be Provided","11. After the Emergency","12. Responsibilities","13. Records and Compliance Monitoring","14. Staff Training","15. References","16. Related Policies and Forms","17. Approval","18. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"fl-hospice","state":"Florida","service":"Hospice","guides":[{"path":"/guides/hospice-policies/","h1":"What policies are required for hospice?"},{"path":"/guides/hospice-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Hospice Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}