North Dakota resident emergency information

North Dakota requires documentation of a fire drill WALK-THROUGH within five days of a resident's admission — the tightest new-resident orientation window found in any state, against Wisconsin's 72 hours for a briefing and Illinois' 10 days. It is a walk-through, not a briefing: the resident physically travels the route.

This one holds personal information.

Mobility and assistance needs are health information about a named person. It stays on this device and is never sent anywhere — but the printed sheet does leave the screen, so treat it the way you treat a care plan.

The facility

North Dakota requirements loaded — the rules below are North Dakota’s own.

North Dakota — A fire drill walk-through within five days of admission

North Dakota requires documentation of a fire drill WALK-THROUGH within five days of a resident's admission — the tightest new-resident orientation window found in any state, against Wisconsin's 72 hours for a briefing and Illinois' 10 days. It is a walk-through, not a briefing: the resident physically travels the route.

N.D. Admin. Code ch. 33-03-24.1 · North Dakota Dept. of Health and Human Services
Clock: 5 days from admission. Enter each admission date and this counts it.
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What North Dakota requires

Basic Care Facility — A fire drill walk-through within five days of admission

North Dakota requires documentation of a fire drill WALK-THROUGH within five days of a resident's admission — the tightest new-resident orientation window found in any state, against Wisconsin's 72 hours for a briefing and Illinois' 10 days. It is a walk-through, not a briefing: the resident physically travels the route.

N.D. Admin. Code ch. 33-03-24.1 · North Dakota Dept. of Health and Human Services · checked July 2026Deadline: 5 days from the date the resident is admitted.

Counting from admission

Record the admission date beside the orientation date. The orientation date alone shows it happened; the pair shows it happened inside North Dakota’s 5-day window, which is the thing actually being asked. The North Dakota staff training record is the other half of the same request, and both feed the North Dakota readiness sheet.

It stays on your device

Mobility and assistance needs are health information about a named person. Nothing typed here is sent anywhere, and the shared building record keeps only the date an orientation happened — never what the sheet said about the resident.

General information, not legal advice, and not a compliance determination. The rule above is cited and dated to when we last checked it.