What does a Virginia surveyor ask for on emergency preparedness?

Q: What does a Virginia surveyor ask for on emergency preparedness?

Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period (22VAC40-73-950 (emergency preparedness and response plan); -960 (fire and emergency evacuation plan); -970 (fire and emergency evacuation drills); -990 (plan for resident emergencies and practice exercise)). Evaluate the drill immediately, every time (22VAC40-73-970). Source: Virginia Dept. of Social Services — Division of Licensing. Last checked July 2026.

Virginia survey readiness

What Virginia Dept. of Social Services — Division of Licensing can ask you for, each line cited — and the ones you can't yet produce.

The building

Virginia requirements loaded — the rules below are Virginia’s own.

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29 of the outstanding items are the ones a survey opens with.

Virginia — Assisted Living Facility

What Virginia Dept. of Social Services — Division of Licensing can ask for, each cited. Checked July 2026.

Must be done, on a scheduleWhen did it last happen, and was that inside the interval?

Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period

Drills at the required frequency: Virginia does not state a number. Drill frequency and participation follow the current Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code (13VAC5-51) — so the count comes from the fire code, not the licensing rule. Two Virginia-specific conditions ride on top: the drills required for each shift in a quarter may NOT all fall in the same month, and every required drill must be UNANNOUNCED.

22VAC40-73-950 (emergency preparedness and response plan); -960 (fire and emergency evacuation plan); -970 (fire and emergency evacuation drills); -990 (plan for resident emergencies and practice exercise) · Virginia Dept. of Social Services — Division of Licensing

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Evaluate the drill immediately, every time

Immediately following each required fire and emergency evacuation drill, staff must evaluate the drill to determine whether it was effective. Not at the next staff meeting — immediately, while people still remember what went wrong.

22VAC40-73-970 · Virginia Dept. of Social Services — Division of Licensing

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Records to retainHow far back can you produce the records?

Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period

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What Virginia requires

Assisted Living Facility — Assisted living / residential care

Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period. Drills at the required frequency: Virginia does not state a number. Drill frequency and participation follow the current Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code (13VAC5-51) — so the count comes from the fire code, not the licensing rule. Two Virginia-specific conditions ride on top: the drills required for each shift in a quarter may NOT all fall in the same month, and every required drill must be UNANNOUNCED. 22VAC40-73-950 (emergency preparedness and response plan); -960 (fire and emergency evacuation plan); -970 (fire and emergency evacuation drills); -990 (plan for resident emergencies and practice exercise)
Evaluate the drill immediately, every time. Immediately following each required fire and emergency evacuation drill, staff must evaluate the drill to determine whether it was effective. Not at the next staff meeting — immediately, while people still remember what went wrong. 22VAC40-73-970

Virginia Dept. of Social Services — Division of Licensing · checked July 2026

The evidence, and where it comes from

Every item above needs something you can hand over. The Virginia 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 Virginia

Same state, the problems either side of this one. Each carries its own statute and the date we last checked it.

A self-assessment against published rules, not a compliance determination. CompliMaint issues nothing — Virginia Dept. of Social Services — Division of Licensing and your authority having jurisdiction do. Requirements we could not verify are absent rather than guessed at.