Warning systems disseminate timely forecasts of disasters and ensure that people take appropriate protective actions. Ensure that your disaster plan considers the following topics. Consider questions ...

Evacuations are not always to a shelter located outside of a facility. An evacuation can also be to an "area of refuge" within the facility. This internal evacuation is often called "shelter-in-place" ...

The written emergency preparedness and response plan must address, at a minimum, eight core functions: You can find detailed requirements for these providers in the Texas Administrative Code: Type A ...

General Posting Requirements (26 TAC Section 559.61(e) -- A day and activity health services (DAHS) facility must prominently and conspicuously post for display in a public area of the facility that ...

Some areas will not experience earthquakes or tsunamis. Similarly, some residents might never be exposed to wildfires or to animal products that have anthrax bacteria.§ However, some disasters can ...

Emergency preparedness requires the help of outside officials and organizations such as the emergency management coordinator for your area. Who is the Emergency Management Coordinator? The mayor of ...

List the resources that your facility might have to obtain when you receive a warning of a disaster. Keep your lists updated. Nursing homes (see §19.312(c)) and ICF-MR/RC facilities (see §90.61(f)(12) ...

analyzing information about an impending disaster; deciding how to respond quickly and appropriately; directing and coordinating the response of staff; coordinating the response with outside ...

Newborn Screening Awareness Month in September is an opportunity to spotlight the importance of early testing.

Some forms cannot be viewed in a web browser and must be opened in Adobe Acrobat Reader on your desktop system. Click here for instructions on opening this form. Prescribing providers use this form to ...

The eligibility screening tool is only approved for the life of the current grant term. If a grantee is awarded funding under a subsequent grant, the grantee must resubmit their eligibility screening ...

1100 Contact Information Updates mail code. 2100 Program Authorization and Services Removed word services after name of program and changed a word for plain language. 2200 Definitions Changed patient ...