Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-10-1609

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 45, November 8, 2024

Section R9-10-1609 - Emergency and Safety Standards

A provider shall ensure that:

1. A first aid kit is available at a behavioral health respite home sufficient to meet the needs of recipients;

2. If a firearm or ammunition for a firearm is stored at a behavioral health respite home:

a. The firearm is stored separate from the ammunition for the firearm; and

b. The firearm and the ammunition for the firearm are:

i. Stored in a locked closet, cabinet, or container; and

ii. Inaccessible to a recipient;

3. A smoke detector is installed in:

a. A bedroom used by a recipient,

b. A hallway in a behavioral health respite home, and

c. A behavioral health respite home's kitchen;

4. A smoke detector required in subsection (3):

a. Is maintained in operable condition; and

b. Is battery operated or, if hard-wired into the electrical system of a behavioral health respite home, has a back-up battery;

5. A behavioral health respite home has a portable fire extinguisher that is labeled 1A-10-BC by the Underwriters Laboratory and available in the behavioral health respite home's kitchen;

6. A portable fire extinguisher required in subsection (5) is:

a. If a disposable fire extinguisher, replaced when the fire extinguisher's indicator reaches the red zone; or

b. Serviced at once least every 12 months and has a tag attached to the fire extinguisher that includes the date of service;

7. A written evacuation plan is maintained and available for use by the provider and any recipient in a behavioral health respite home;

8. An evacuation drill is conducted at least once every six months; and

9. A record of an evacuation drill required in subsection (8) is maintained for at least 12 months after the date of the evacuation drill.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-1609

Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, effective 7/1/2014.