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Mental Health Licensure & Certification Section. NC Emergency Management Association Fall Conference October, 2013. MHLC Regulatory Responsibilities. MHLC licenses and regulates 32 residential and day facilities: 19 residential services and 21 day programs. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
NC Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Health Service Regulation
http://www.nchhs.gov/dhsrMental Health Licensure & Certification Section
Mental Health Licensure & Certification Section
NC Emergency Management Association Fall Conference
October, 2013
NC Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Health Service Regulation
http://www.nchhs.gov/dhsrMental Health Licensure & Certification Section
MHLC Regulatory Responsibilities
• MHLC licenses and regulates 32 residential and day facilities: 19 residential services and 21 day programs.
• We conduct the following types of surveys:• Licensure surveys to determine initial
compliance with Mental Health Rules• Annual surveys of all our residential programs
and methadone clinics• Complaint and follow up investigations of all day
and residential programs.
NC Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Health Service Regulation
http://www.nchhs.gov/dhsrMental Health Licensure & Certification Section
Emergency Planning Rule
10A NCAC 27G .0207 EMERGENCY PLANS AND SUPPLIES
(a) A written fire plan for each facility and area-wide disaster plan shall be developed and shall be approved by the appropriate local authority.
(b) The plan shall be made available to all staff and evacuation procedures and routes shall be posted in the facility.
(c) Fire and disaster drills in a 24-hour facility shall be held at least quarterly and shall be repeated for each shift. Drills shall be conducted under conditions that simulate fire emergencies.
(d) Each facility shall have basic first aid supplies accessible for use.
History Note: Authority G.S. 122C‑26; 143B‑147;Eff. May 1, 1996;Recodified from 10 NCAC 14V .0205 to NCAC 14V .0207 Eff January 3, 2001.
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NC Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Health Service Regulation
http://www.nchhs.gov/dhsrMental Health Licensure & Certification Section
Emergency Planning Rule Implementation
• The local authority referred to in rule is the local Emergency Management (EM) office.
• We direct providers to the NC Division of Emergency Management web site to obtain a list of each county’s Emergency Management office.
• We ask the provider to have their plan “reviewed”, not “approved” by the Emergency Management office in their county. This must be done prior to licensure approval.
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NC Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Health Service Regulation
http://www.nchhs.gov/dhsrMental Health Licensure & Certification Section
Disaster Plan Template• In 2010, a disaster plan template was
developed by the NC Division of Emergency Management in collaboration with the Division of Health Service Regulation.
• A CD template was developed and disseminated at that time to many providers.
• We also provide a link to download the template on our MHLC/DHSR web site.
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NC Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Health Service Regulation
http://www.nchhs.gov/dhsrMental Health Licensure & Certification Section
Providers Disaster Plans
• Majority of providers use the template.• Feedback from providers: template seems to
be written for institutions vs. small group homes and day programs.
• MHLC surveyors clarify that the disaster plan should address the types of disasters that may occur in their geographical location (examples: power outage, chemical spill, fire).
NC Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Health Service Regulation
http://www.nchhs.gov/dhsrMental Health Licensure & Certification Section
MHLC Territory Map
AlamanceAlexander
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick
Buncombe
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Camden
Carteret
Caswell
CatawbaChatham
Cherokee
Chowan
Clay
Cleveland
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland
Currituck
DareDavidson
Davie
Duplin
Durham
Edgecombe
Forsyth Franklin
Gaston
Gates
Graham
Granville
Greene
Guilford
Halifax
Harnett
Haywood
Henderson
Hertford
Hoke
Hyde
Iredell
Jackson
Johnston
Jones
Lee
Lenoir
Lincoln
Macon
Madison Martin
McDowell
Mecklenburg
Mitchell
Montgomery
Moore
Nash
New Hanover
Northampton
Onslow
Orange
Pamlico
Pasquotank
Pender
Perquimans
Person
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham
Rowan
Rutherford
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly
StokesSurry
Swain
Transylvania
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
Wake
Warren
Washington
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey
Mental Health Branch Managers
Robin Sulfridge: Mountains, Foothills, North Piedmont (336) [email protected]
Michiele Elliott: South Piedmont, North Coastal, South Coastal(704) [email protected]
NC Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Health Service Regulation
http://www.nchhs.gov/dhsrMental Health Licensure & Certification Section
ICF-IID Territory Map
NC Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Health Service Regulation
http://www.nchhs.gov/dhsrMental Health Licensure & Certification Section
DHSR MHLC Resources DHSR MHLC web site: http://www.ncdhhs.gov/dhsr/Rules and Resources web page: this page includes links to all
relevant NC administrative rules as well as a link to our Procedures for Rule Enforcement. This document gives providers clear information about how our surveyors enforce the rules.
http://www.ncdhhs.gov/dhsr/mhlcs/rules.htmlForms and Applications web page: this page includes
applications, annual survey guidelines including worksheets, incident and death reporting links, disaster plan template, and facility compliance information.
http://www.ncdhhs.gov/dhsr/mhlcs/mhforms.html