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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".13" citation="COMAR 10.07.16.13" title_num="10" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="16" heading="Emergency Procedures.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The program shall develop an emergency plan and procedures that shall be followed in the event of an internal or external emergency.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The emergency plan and procedures shall;</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be updated annually; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Easily accessible emergency telephone numbers posted at or near a telephone for:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Fire;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Police;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Ambulance;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Poison control; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>The program’s on-call staff;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An emergency evacuation procedure that is explained to the residents and practiced by residents and staff on all shifts at a minimum of once every 3 months;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Provisions for emergency lighting and fire detection and suppression systems operable during loss of power as required by the Maryland State Fire Code;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A 3-day emergency food and water supply; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>A relocation plan in the event that the facility is partially or entirely vacated, which shall include:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A plan for transportation of the residents, at the facility’s expense, to relocate the residents;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A process for transfer of the medical records information for the residents in a manner to protect the residents’ privacy;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>A system to track where and how the resident was transported;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>How families will be notified, if desired by the resident; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Provisions that provide for any other associated costs at the facility’s expense.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>