North Dakota survey readiness
What North Dakota Dept. of Health and Human Services can ask you for, each line cited — and the ones you can't yet produce.
What North Dakota requires
- Four things the plan must contain, named. A current, written emergency disaster plan containing a plan for evacuation; addressing the elements of SHELTERING IN PLACE; identifying TEMPORARY RELOCATION SITES; and detailing STAFF ASSIGNMENTS in a disaster or emergency. North Dakota requires both directions — leaving and staying — and named sites rather than a general intention to relocate. N.D. Admin. Code ch. 33-33-09
- 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
- Residents must be capable of self-preservation. A basic care facility resident must be capable of self-preservation and may not have a condition requiring continuous 24-hour on-site nursing or medical care. That admission criterion is itself an emergency-planning decision — it is how North Dakota keeps this class's evacuation problem tractable. N.D. Admin. Code ch. 33-03-24.1
The evidence, and where it comes from
Every item above needs something you can hand over. The fire drill log produces the drill record — we have not published a North Dakota page, because we have not verified a North Dakota drill frequency, 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.
A self-assessment against published rules, not a compliance determination. CompliMaint issues nothing — North Dakota Dept. of Health and Human Services and your authority having jurisdiction do. Requirements we could not verify are absent rather than guessed at.
Questions people ask
- What does a North Dakota surveyor ask for on emergency preparedness?
- Four things the plan must contain, named (N.D. Admin. Code ch. 33-33-09). Source: North Dakota Dept. of Health and Human Services. Last checked July 2026.