Vermont survey readiness

What Vermont Dept. of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living (DAIL) — Division of Licensing and Protection can ask you for, each line cited — and the ones you can't yet produce.

What Vermont requires

Residential Care Home (Level III / Level IV) and Assisted Living Residence — Assisted living / residential care
  • Special care unit needs prior approval. A home must obtain approval from the licensing agency before establishing and operating a special care unit, including a dementia or memory care unit. The application must describe any secured areas or special provisions for safety. RCH/ALR Licensing Regulations §5.6.a, §5.6.b(4)
  • Dementia special care unit staff training. In a special care unit for residents with dementia, staff need a minimum of eight hours of training in total before working independently with residents, and no fewer than two hours of dementia-specific training each year. RCH/ALR Licensing Regulations §5.6.b(6)(v)
Vermont Dept. of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living (DAIL) — Division of Licensing and Protection · checked September 2026We have not confirmed Vermont's drill frequency for this license class, so no frequency is stated. Open the Residential Care Home and Assisted Living Residence Licensing Regulations (eff. April 1, 2025) at https://dail.vermont.gov/sites/dail/files/documents/RCH-ALR-Regulations-Effective-4-1-2025.pdf and read the body of §9.10 (Life Safety/Building Construction) and §9.11 (Disaster and Emergency Preparedness), which the research could not read; then open the Division of Fire Safety codes page (https://firesafety.vermont.gov/codes), confirm the Vermont Fire & Building Safety Code edition in force and its number, and read any drill provision for residential board and care occupancies, plus the Division's Fire Drill Guidance 2021.

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 Vermont page, because we have not verified a Vermont 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 — Vermont Dept. of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living (DAIL) — Division of Licensing and Protection and your authority having jurisdiction do. Requirements we could not verify are absent rather than guessed at.

Questions people ask

What does a Vermont surveyor ask for on emergency preparedness?
Special care unit needs prior approval (RCH/ALR Licensing Regulations §5.6.a, §5.6.b(4)). Dementia special care unit staff training (RCH/ALR Licensing Regulations §5.6.b(6)(v)). Source: Vermont Dept. of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living (DAIL) — Division of Licensing and Protection. Last checked September 2026.