Virginia Assisted Living Emergency Preparedness Plan
Answer guided questions and get a survey-ready emergency plan for your Virginia facility — evacuation, shelter-in-place, drills, and every contact and vendor table surveyors ask for. Free, and your answers never leave your device.
What Virginia facilities need to know
In Virginia, assisted living licensing and oversight run through the Virginia Dept. of Social Services — Division of Licensing (see 22VAC40-73 (Assisted Living Facilities)). Emergency preparedness planning is a standard licensing expectation — and if your facility participates in Medicare or Medicaid, the federal CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule (42 CFR § 483.73, “Appendix Z”) applies on top of state rules: a written all-hazards plan, policies and procedures, a communication plan, and training with drills. Confirm the current requirements for your license type directly with the agency.
Built like a surveyed plan
Cover page, contact and vendor tables, protocols, 24-hour timeline, drill and review logs — the structure surveyors expect to see.
Pre-set for Virginia
Your state licensing agency is filled in automatically. Progress autosaves on your device, so you can finish it over several sittings.
Actually free
No signup, no locked sections, no watermarks — just a small “Created with CompliMaint” credit.
Cited, or on a deadline?
If a survey found your plan deficient — or you'd rather it be done for you — we prepare complete, facility-specific emergency plans: $495 for assisted living, $795 for skilled nursing (Appendix Z), and you pay only when you approve the draft. Done-For-You details →
Questions
Does Virginia require an emergency preparedness plan?
Emergency planning is a standard licensing expectation for senior care facilities. In Virginia, licensing runs through the Virginia Dept. of Social Services — Division of Licensing — see 22VAC40-73 (Assisted Living Facilities) — confirm current requirements for your license type. Medicare/Medicaid facilities also fall under the federal CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule.
Is it really free?
Yes — free, no signup, no locked sections. Answers save on your device, not our servers, and the finished plan prints to a clean PDF.
What's in the finished plan?
Cover page, table of contents, department and external contacts, utility and vendor tables, evacuation and relocation plan with shelters and travel times, shelter-in-place and infectious disease protocols, a 24-hour timeline, drill schedules, and an annual review log.
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Last reviewed July 2026. This page and the free builder are informational and not legal or regulatory advice. Requirements change — confirm your obligations with the Virginia Dept. of Social Services — Division of Licensing and, where applicable, CMS.