Sec.17a-147-11c. Health, sanitation, fire safety and zoning approval

(a) Health and sanitation approval by the state and local departments of health, approval for fire safety by the state and local fire marshals, certificate of occupancy and compliance with local zoning are prerequisite to licensing upon initial application. State and local fire and health approvals shall be required for renewal of a license.

(b) An extended day treatment program shall ensure that all structures and space used by the program are free from any danger to health or safety. The extended day treatment program shall ensure the availability of comfortable and sufficient space to staff and children and youth in treatment to permit effective operation of the program. An extended day treatment program shall have written policy and procedures regarding emergency planning and procedures including evacuation due to fire and natural disasters, staff responses to emergency medical situations, and staff responses to emergency mental health situations. An extended day treatment program shall conduct unannounced, fire drills in which all staff and children shall participate at a frequency established by the Connecticut Fire and Safety Code. Documentation of fire drills held shall be maintained on a standardized form which records the date, time, minutes taken to evacuate, problems noted, follow up to problems and simulated conditions of the drill. Fire evacuation diagrams shall be posted at eye level of the children and youth in treatment and written in the primary language of the children and youth in treatment. An extended day treatment program shall ensure that at all times at least one staff member on-duty is qualified by American Red Cross certification to administer First Aid and CPR. An extended day treatment program shall develop written standards regarding housekeeping supplies and procedures in keeping with its established infection control program.

(Effective August 1, 1994)