SECTION 747.5003. What must my emergency preparedness plan include?

Your emergency preparedness plan must include written procedures for:

(1) Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down of children, including:

(A) Your first responsibility in an emergency evacuation or relocation is to move the children to a designated safe area or alternate shelter known to all household members, caregivers, parents, and volunteers;

(B) How children will be evacuated or relocated to the designated safe area or alternate shelter, including specific procedures for evacuating or relocating children who are under 24 months of age, who have limited mobility, or who otherwise may need assistance in an emergency, such as children who have mental, visual, or hearing impairments;

(C) An emergency evacuation and relocation diagram as outlined in §747.5007 of this title (relating to Must I have an emergency evacuation and relocation diagram?);

(D) The caregivers' responsibility in a sheltering/lock-down emergency for the orderly movement of children to a designated location in your home where children should gather;

(E) Name and address of the alternate shelter away from your home you will use as needed; and

(F) How children in attendance at the time of the emergency will be accounted for at the designated safe area or alternate shelter;

(2) Communication, including:

(A) The emergency telephone number that is on file with us; and

(B) How you will communicate with local authorities (such as fire, law enforcement, emergency medical services, and health department), parents, and us;

(3) How you will evacuate and relocate with the essential documentation including:

(A) Parent and emergency contact telephone numbers for each child in care;

(B) Authorization for emergency care for each child in care; and

(C) The attendance record information for children in care at the time of the emergency;

(4) How you will continue to care for the children until each child has been released; and

(5) How you will reunify the children with their parents as the evacuation, relocation, or sheltering/lock-down is lifted.

Source Note: The provisions of this §747.5003 adopted to be effective December 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 10266; amended to be effective June 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 3724; amended to be effective September 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 6250; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909