                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOARD TO AMEND REGULATIONS GOVERNING EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS OF ASSISTED LIVING
FACILITIES (§ 63.2-217.1)

A. The Board shall amend its regulations governing emergency preparedness and
response plans and temporary emergency electrical power sources of assisted
living facilities to require the following:

   1. Any assisted living facility that is equipped with an on-site emergency
   generator shall (i) include in its emergency preparedness and response plan a
   description of the emergency generator&#8217;s capacity to provide sufficient
   power for the operation of lighting, ventilation, temperature control,
   supplied oxygen, and refrigeration and (ii) test such emergency generator
   monthly and maintain records of such tests; and

   2. Any assisted living facility that is not equipped with an on-site emergency
   generator shall (i) enter into an agreement with a vendor capable of providing
   the assisted living facility with an emergency generator for the provision of
   electricity during an interruption of the normal electric power supply; (ii)
   enter into at least one agreement with a separate vendor capable of providing
   an emergency generator in the event that the primary vendor is unable to
   comply with its agreement with the assisted living facility during an
   emergency; and (iii) have its temporary emergency electrical power source
   connection tested at the time of installation and every two years thereafter
   by a contracted vendor and maintain records of such tests.

B. The Department shall provide notice to all licensed assisted living
facilities regarding the date by which such assisted living facilities must
comply with the regulations promulgated pursuant to this section.

HISTORY: 2019, c. 91.