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This law was first created in 2019. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 91<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1497799,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375584,"identifier":"63.2-217.1","token":"63.2\/I\/2\/2\/63.2-217.1","url":"\/63.2-217.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-217.1\/","token":"63.2\/I\/2\/2\/63.2-217.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board to amend regulations governing emergency response plans of assisted living facilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-217.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Board<\/span> shall amend<\/span> its regulations governing emergency preparedness and response plans and temporary emergency electrical power sources of assisted living facilities to require the following: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Any assisted living facility<\/span> that is equipped with an on-site emergency generator shall (i) include in its emergency preparedness and response plan a description of the emergency generator’s capacity to provide sufficient power for the operation of lighting, ventilation, temperature control, supplied oxygen, and refrigeration and (ii) test such emergency generator monthly and maintain records of such tests; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Any assisted living facility<\/span> that is not equipped with an on-site emergency generator shall (i) enter into an agreement with a vendor capable of providing the assisted living facility<\/span> with an emergency generator for the provision of electricity during an interruption of the normal electric power supply; (ii) enter into at least one agreement with a separate vendor capable of providing an emergency generator in the event that the primary vendor is unable to comply with its agreement with the assisted living facility<\/span> during an emergency; and (iii) have its temporary emergency electrical power source connection tested at the time of installation and every two years thereafter by a contracted vendor and maintain records of such tests. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall provide notice to all licensed assisted living facilities regarding the date by which such assisted living facilities must comply with the regulations promulgated pursuant to this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD TO AMEND REGULATIONS GOVERNING EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS OF ASSISTED LIVING\nFACILITIES (\u00a7 63.2-217.1)\n\nA. The Board shall amend its regulations governing emergency preparedness and\nresponse plans and temporary emergency electrical power sources of assisted\nliving facilities to require the following:\n\n 1. Any assisted living facility that is equipped with an on-site emergency\n generator shall (i) include in its emergency preparedness and response plan a\n description of the emergency generator’s capacity to provide sufficient\n power for the operation of lighting, ventilation, temperature control,\n supplied oxygen, and refrigeration and (ii) test such emergency generator\n monthly and maintain records of such tests; and\n\n 2. Any assisted living facility that is not equipped with an on-site emergency\n generator shall (i) enter into an agreement with a vendor capable of providing\n the assisted living facility with an emergency generator for the provision of\n electricity during an interruption of the normal electric power supply; (ii)\n enter into at least one agreement with a separate vendor capable of providing\n an emergency generator in the event that the primary vendor is unable to\n comply with its agreement with the assisted living facility during an\n emergency; and (iii) have its temporary emergency electrical power source\n connection tested at the time of installation and every two years thereafter\n by a contracted vendor and maintain records of such tests.\n\nB. The Department shall provide notice to all licensed assisted living\nfacilities regarding the date by which such assisted living facilities must\ncomply with the regulations promulgated pursuant to this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, c. 91.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}