NAC424.605. Safety from fire: Plan for evacuation; drills.

     1. The director or operator of each foster home shall have a written fire evacuation plan for the foster home. The director or operator of a foster home with 10 or more occupants shall ensure that the fire evacuation plan is posted in the foster home.

     2. A fire drill must be held at least once a month and recorded documentation of the activity must be posted in each foster home and must be made available for inspection by the licensing authority.

     [Welfare Div., Req. for Foster Care part § 108.6, 10-7-88, eff. 1-1-89; A 10-19-90]—(NAC A by Div. of Child & Fam. Services by R044-02, 7-23-2002)

Notation

REVISER’S NOTE.

      The regulation of the Welfare Division of the Department of Human Resources (now the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services) that became effective October 19, 1990, and which amended subsection 2 of this section regarding the frequency of fire drills, contains the following provision not included in NAC:

      “Facilities licensed prior to October 19, 1990, must comply with the fire and safety standards in existence at the time of licensure and need not meet the new proposed requirements unless there is a change in license type or evacuation capability of the occupants.”