§ 30-41. Definitions.

Unless otherwise expressly stated below, for the purposes of this article, the words terms and phrases used herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in F.S. ch. 252, Rules 58A-6, 58A-5, 59A-3, 59A-4, 59A-5, AND 65G-6, Florida Administrative Code (FAC), and 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 403.748(d), 416.54(d), 418.113(d) and the CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule Memorandum distributed on September 8, 2016 associated with aforementioned 42 CFR sections, which are incorporated herein by reference.

Division means the Pasco County Emergency Management Division.

Emergency planning criteria regulations means the federal or state regulations or law establishing the emergency planning criteria which includes a required whole community training and exercise element for which a certificate of participation must be issued by the local Emergency Management Agency, as they may be amended.

Facilities mean those healthcare facilities covered by this article including:

Birth centers

Abortion clinics

Crisis stabilization units

Short term residential treatment units

Residential treatment facilities

Residential treatment centers for children and adolescents

Hospitals

Ambulatory surgical centers

Nursing homes

Home health facilities

Nurse registries

Hospices

Prescribed pediatric extended care centers

Home medical equipment providers

Intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled

Assisted living facilities

Adult family care homes

Adult day care centers

Whole community means involvement from the following members of the community: residents, emergency management practitioners, organizational and community leaders, and government officials.

County comprehensive emergency management plan means those plans developed by the division according to the provision of Chapters 9G-6 and 9G-7, FAC, under the authority provided in F.S. § 252.38.

Comprehensive emergency management plan or plan means the plan that is created and submitted by the facilities as required by the emergency planning criteria regulations.

(Ord. No. 18-28, § 2, 7-10-2018)