Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan
The Agency maintains a written emergency preparedness and response plan built on a documented risk assessment, names a disaster coordinator and alternate, keeps operations running through a continuity plan, assigns staff roles across mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery, helps clients register with STEAR, and reviews and exercises the plan every year.
About this policy
- Policy number
- TX-EP-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 26 TAC §558.256
- Library
- Texas home care · 46 policies
- Category
- Emergency preparedness
- Sections
- 14
In short
- Keep your phone number and emergency contact up to date with the office, so we can reach you in a disaster.
- Know your client’s emergency plan. Go over it with them at least once a year and when their needs change.
- In an emergency, keep visiting clients only if it is safe to travel. Tell the office about every visit, done or missed.
- If you cannot reach a client during an emergency, tell the office right away.
- Pat Sample leads our emergency response. If Pat Sample is not available, Jo Sample takes over.
What's inside
14 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (26 TAC §558.256)
- 5. Procedure
- 6. Responsibilities
- 6.1 Staff Training
- 7. Records
- 7.1 Compliance Monitoring
- 8. References
- 9. Related Documents
- 10. Approval
- 11. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me your risk assessment and the date it was last updated.
- Who is your disaster coordinator, who is the alternate, and how do staff reach them after hours?
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