Massachusetts survey readiness
What Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) can ask you for, each line cited — and the ones you can't yet produce.
What Massachusetts requires
- Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period. Drills at the required frequency: Annual simulated evacuation drills and rehearsals, for all shifts. 651 CMR 12.00
- Proof your plan was filed, and the date it went. All assisted living residences must submit their current, site-specific disaster and emergency response plan to the state. 'Site-specific' is the operative word — a corporate template covering several residences does not satisfy it. 651 CMR 12.00
- Every resident gets a copy of their own instructions. Massachusetts requires the residence to give every resident a copy of the instructions they will be given under the disaster and emergency plan. Most states require the plan to exist; this one requires it to have been handed to each resident in a form they can act on. 651 CMR 12.00
- Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period. Drills at the required frequency: Simulated drills testing the effectiveness of the plan, conducted for all shifts at least twice a year. 105 CMR 150.000; drills at 105 CMR 150.015(E)(4)
The evidence, and where it comes from
Every item above needs something you can hand over. The Massachusetts fire drill log produces the drill record at the frequency this state sets, the emergency plan builder writes the plan itself from the same research, and the compliance calendar puts the life-safety tests on dates. Anything you record against the building shows up on the checklist already ticked.
Everything else we’ve researched about Massachusetts
Same state, the problems either side of this one. Each carries its own statute and the date we last checked it.
- Massachusetts rent late fees & grace periodWhat may be charged when rent is late, and the notice to send.
- Massachusetts notice to pay rent or quitHow many days' notice before a nonpayment filing, counted on a calendar.
- Massachusetts deposit return law & letterThe landlord's deadline to return a deposit, and the itemized letter.
- Massachusetts deposit demand letterFor the tenant: whether the landlord is late, and by how many days.
- Massachusetts deposit deduction rulesWhat may fairly come out of a deposit, prorated by useful life.
- Massachusetts move-in condition reportThe walkthrough record that decides deposit arguments later.
A self-assessment against published rules, not a compliance determination. CompliMaint issues nothing — Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) and your authority having jurisdiction do. Requirements we could not verify are absent rather than guessed at.
Questions people ask
- What does a Massachusetts surveyor ask for on emergency preparedness?
- Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period (651 CMR 12.00). Proof your plan was filed, and the date it went (651 CMR 12.00). Every resident gets a copy of their own instructions (651 CMR 12.00). Source: Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA). Last checked July 2026.