Emergency plan rules in Connecticut
7 license types researched, regulated by Connecticut Department of Public Health — Facility Licensing & Investigations Section (FLIS). Every requirement below carries the rule that imposes it.
Skilled nursing facility
Licensed in Connecticut as Chronic and Convalescent Nursing Home (CCNH), by Connecticut Department of Public Health — Facility Licensing & Investigations Section (FLIS).
RCSA §19-13-D8t(u) (disaster plan, drills and staff orientation for chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision); CGS §19a-563a (plan provided to the municipality); CGS §19a-563b (personal protective equipment supply)
At least four drills a year on each shift, with a signed record of each drill.
That matches the most common figure across the states we have confirmed.
The nursing home provides its emergency plan to the municipality in which it is located.
Authority: The municipality in which the nursing home is located
The written disaster plan must be submitted to the local fire marshal for comment before the home adopts it.
RCSA §19-13-D8t(u)The written plan covers medical emergencies and the building becoming uninhabitable. It sets out procedures for notification; emergency equipment and alarms; staff tasks; evacuation routes; relocation and evacuation; transfer of casualties; transfer of records; care and feeding; and drugs.
RCSA §19-13-D8t(u)A copy of the plan is kept on each nursing unit, and the sections on evacuation routes and emergency equipment are posted.
RCSA §19-13-D8t(u)Staff receive orientation training on the disaster plan and sign an acknowledgment of it.
RCSA §19-13-D8t(u)A home located within 10 miles of the Millstone nuclear power station has potassium iodide distribution duties that its disaster plan must cover.
RCSA §19-13-D8t(u)Nursing homes keep a two-month supply of personal protective equipment.
CGS §19a-563b- Connecticut licenses this class as a Chronic and Convalescent Nursing Home (CCNH). A facility combining nursing-home and rest-home levels is licensed as CCNH/RHNS, and §19-13-D8t governs both levels.
Reviewed 2026-09-28
Assisted living / residential care
Licensed in Connecticut as Assisted Living Services Agency (ALSA) operating in a Managed Residential Community (MRC), by Connecticut Department of Public Health — Facility Licensing & Investigations Section (FLIS).
RCSA §19-13-D105 (Assisted Living Services Agencies and Managed Residential Communities); CGS §19a-563a (dementia special care units: plan provided to the municipality)
Drill frequency is not verified. No drill provision was found in RCSA §19-13-D105; drills for the building are set by the Connecticut State Fire Safety Code for its occupancy.
Open the drill provisions of the 2022 Connecticut State Fire Safety Code (IFC 2021 for buildings permitted in 2006 or later; NFPA 101-2021 for older buildings) and confirm the building's occupancy classification with the local fire marshal. The 2026 codes (IFC 2024) are pending legislative review.
The managed residential community provides 24-hour security and an emergency call system in each unit, and complies with the Connecticut Fire Safety Code.
RCSA §19-13-D105The assisted living services agency covers its policy for medical emergencies in staff orientation and keeps a registered nurse on call.
RCSA §19-13-D105Where the community operates a dementia special care unit, that unit's emergency plan is provided to the municipality in which it is located. No municipal filing duty was found for an MRC or ALSA without a dementia special care unit.
CGS §19a-563a- STRUCTURAL: Connecticut does not license an 'assisted living facility'. It licenses an Assisted Living Services Agency — a service provider — and that agency may only operate inside a separately registered Managed Residential Community. The MRC must already provide core services (housekeeping, laundry and the rest) before it may engage an ALSA.
- No written disaster-plan or generator requirement was found for an MRC or an ALSA in RCSA §19-13-D105 (as of 2026-09-27), outside a dementia special care unit.
- Two entities share one building, so the plan should say which one owns each duty. The MRC controls the building and its egress; the ALSA controls the clinical response and knows which residents need help to evacuate.
- An ALSA may also serve residents across more than one MRC, in which case its plan has to address each site.
- drills — Open the drill provisions of the 2022 Connecticut State Fire Safety Code (IFC 2021 for buildings permitted in 2006 or later; NFPA 101-2021 for older buildings) and confirm the building's occupancy classification with the local fire marshal. The 2026 codes (IFC 2024) are pending legislative review.
Reviewed 2026-09-28
Group home / residential care home
Licensed in Connecticut as Residential Care Home (RCH), by Connecticut Department of Public Health — Facility Licensing & Investigations Section (FLIS).
RCSA §19-13-D6 (homes for the aged and rest homes: physical plant and annual fire marshal certificate)
The home submits a current certificate of inspection by the local fire marshal to the Department of Public Health each year. This is the fire marshal's certificate, not the emergency plan; no written-plan provision was found in RCSA §19-13-D6.
Authority: Connecticut Department of Public Health
Cadence: Annually
The RCSA §19-13-D6 physical-plant standard calls for an emergency generator with automatic transfer that starts within 10 seconds, and three days of fuel on site where fuel is stored on site. Whether this clause applies to an existing home has not been verified.
RCSA §19-13-D6 — not yet confirmed against primary text- No written emergency-plan or drill provision was found in RCSA §19-13-D6 (as of 2026-09-27). Drills for the building are set by the Connecticut State Fire Safety Code for its occupancy.
- mandate[0] — Open RCSA §19-13-D6 on eRegulations (https://eregulations.ct.gov/eRegsPortal/Browse/RCSA/Title_19Subtitle_19-13Section_19-13-d6/) and the Department of Public Health's interpretation or the clause's effective-date provisions, and confirm whether the physical-plant generator clause binds a home licensed before it took effect.
Reviewed 2026-09-28
Independent / senior living
Licensed in Connecticut as Managed Residential Community (MRC) — registered, not licensed, by Connecticut Department of Public Health — Facility Licensing & Investigations Section (FLIS).
RCSA §19-13-D105 (Managed Residential Communities)
The managed residential community provides 24-hour security and an emergency call system in each unit, and complies with the Connecticut Fire Safety Code.
RCSA §19-13-D105- An MRC registers with DPH rather than holding a facility license, and it must provide core services before an ALSA can operate within it. Where no ALSA is engaged, the community is closer to independent living and the plan should not imply clinical capability it does not have.
- No written disaster-plan or generator requirement was found for an MRC in RCSA §19-13-D105 (as of 2026-09-27).
Reviewed 2026-09-28
Hospital
Licensed in Connecticut as Hospital, by Connecticut Department of Public Health — Facility Licensing & Investigations Section (FLIS).
RCSA §19-13-D3 (Hospitals); CGS Ch. 368v (Health Care Institutions) — not yet confirmed against primary text
- citation — Section and chapter confirmed to exist. Emergency preparedness subsections not read.
Reviewed 2026-07-30
Home health / home hospice agency
Licensed in Connecticut as Home Health Care Agency (HHC) / Homemaker–Home Health Aide Agency (HHHA), by Connecticut Department of Public Health — Facility Licensing & Investigations Section (FLIS) — Home Health Unit.
RCSA §19-13-D66 through §19-13-D79 (home health care agencies) — not yet confirmed against primary text
- An agency with no building of its own does not evacuate a facility. Its plan accounts for field staff, decides which visits are safe, and reaches clients whose visit is not going to happen.
- citation — Open RCSA §19-13-D66 to §19-13-D79 on eRegulations (eregulations.ct.gov) and read the emergency preparedness provisions against this entry. The 2026-09-27 regulatory foundation did not read these sections.
Reviewed 2026-09-28
Ambulatory surgical center
Licensed in Connecticut as Outpatient Surgical Facility, by Connecticut Department of Public Health — Facility Licensing & Investigations Section (FLIS).
RCSA §19-13-D56 (outpatient surgical facilities) — not yet confirmed against primary text
- citation — Section number not confirmed.
Reviewed 2026-07-30
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What this page is
The requirements Connecticut places on a facility emergency preparedness plan, taken from the state’s own rules rather than a national template. Where we have confirmed something against primary text it is stated plainly; where we have not, it says so and names what to check. Nothing here is inferred from what other states do.
The part that is the same everywhere
The federal layer does not vary by state, and it is narrower than it is usually described. OSHA 29 CFR §1910.38 does not bind every employer on its own — by its applicability paragraph it governs an emergency action plan whenever another OSHA standard requires the employer to have one, and it then settles what that plan must contain. The CMS emergency preparedness rule applies by certified provider type rather than by building. That layer, plus the exit-route, alarm and first-aid rules and the fire code’s plan structure, is covered in the main crash course rather than repeated on all fifty state pages.
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The Emergency Plan Builder produces the document itself. It reads the same research as this page, but it does not yet carry every requirement here into the plan it writes, so check the plan against this page before you rely on it for Connecticut. The Compliance Calendar puts the drills and inspections on dates.