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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-1C-01" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="1C" subtitle_name="Safety and Community Relations Plans">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Before the Department approves the operation of a facility under this title, including by granting a license to the facility, the Department shall require the facility to establish and implement:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A safety plan for the safety of the individuals served by the facility; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A community relations plan, if the facility is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Accredited by an accreditation organization, as defined in § 19–2301 of this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Required by the accreditation organization to establish and implement a community relations plan.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department may authorize a facility to satisfy the requirement under:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subsection (a)(1) of this section by implementing a safety plan established for the facility for another purpose, including an emergency plan; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subsection (a)(2) of this section by implementing the community relations plan required by the accreditation organization.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A facility in operation on or before September 30, 2021, shall submit a safety plan on or before October 1, 2023, in accordance with this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Each facility shall revise its safety plan not less than every 5 years.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A facility may satisfy the requirement under subsection (c) of this section by implementing a safety or emergency plan established for the facility for another purpose.</text>
  </level>
</section>
