N.J. Admin. Code § 10:44A-6.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 10:44A-6.2 - Emergency evacuation plans

(a) The licensee shall design an emergency evacuation plan for each residence, in accordance with the Uniform Fire Safety Act (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192 et seq.), and the individual characteristics of the home.

1. The plan shall be further developed by evaluating each individual's ability to evacuate the residence in three minutes or less, according to the following risk factors:

i. The individual's ability to solve problems;

ii. The individual's compliance, including any behavioral factors that adversely affect the individual's ability to evacuate; and

iii. Any medical factors, including physical disabilities, which adversely affect the individual's ability to evacuate.

2. The plan shall incorporate the following elements:

i. A general description of the building;

ii. Identification of all exits that lead directly to the outside;

iii. Identification of the point(s) of safety, a designated meeting spot at which the occupants assemble after evacuating the premises;

iv. Any special needs that the service recipients have and the assistance that will be necessary to help them evacuate within three minutes, based upon the individual emergency evacuation assessments; and

v. A single plan of prioritized and sequential actions required to promptly evacuate everyone from the building within three minutes.

(b) The emergency evacuation plan shall be reviewed at least annually and revised, as needed:

1. Within 72 hours of a new individual moving into the residence, the return of a resident absent for more than 30 days, or the discharge of a resident;

2. Whenever the level of assistance required by the current occupants to evacuate the residence changes; and

3. Thirty days following an occupant's admission to a hospital or nursing home.

(c) All individuals shall be able to evacuate the residence in less than three minutes.

(d) The licensee shall ensure that all staff persons assigned to a residence at any time have been trained in the emergency evacuation plan for that residence.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:44A-6.2

Amended by 55 N.J.R. 171(a), effective 2/6/2023