Document Citation: 64-3.050, F.A.C.

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FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
TITLE 64 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
DEPARTMENTAL
CHAPTER 64-3 SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTER


Date:
08/31/2009

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64-3.050 Special Needs Shelter Registration.

(1) Those required by Section 252.355(1), F.S., to register a person with special needs for access to the special needs shelter shall gather the following information on the person with special needs:

(a) Full name.

(b) Phone number and street address including the city and zip code.

(c) Height and weight.

(d) Primary language.

(e) Emergency contact information for a local and non-local emergency point of contact including the name, relationship, and phone number.

(f) Residence type and living situation, whether alone or with a relative or caregiver.

(g) Any type of medical dependence on electricity, such as oxygen concentrator, nebulizer, feeding pump, continuous positive airway pressure equipment, suction equipment, or medication requiring refrigeration.

(h) Any type of medical dependence on oxygen, including the type, rate, and mode of administration.

(i) Any assistance required with medications.

(j) Any cognitive impairment, mental health problems, psychiatric, or personality disorder such as Alzheimer's disease, dementia, obsessive compulsive disorder, autism, conduct disorder, anxiety, or depression.

(k) Any sensory loss or impairment and any related assistive device.

(l) Any mobility impairment and any related assistive device.

(m) Any use of a trained service animal.

(n) Any type of incontinence.

(o) Any dependence on dialysis.

(p) Name and contact information for any other medical support providers, such as home health agency, hospice, nurse registry, home medical equipment provider, and dialysis center.

(q) A list of all medical conditions.

(r) A list of all medications.

(s) Any transportation needs.

(2) The registry application information collected under subsection (1) shall be provided at least annually by the local emergency management agency to the agency with the responsibility for the management of care in the special needs shelter.

(3) The county health department or the agency with the responsibility for the management of care in the special needs shelter shall review the registry application information to determine if the applicant is appropriate to place in the special needs shelter during an evacuation or emergency. The county emergency management agency will be notified of the determination.

(4) The application information of all persons with special needs who are on the county emergency management agency's special needs shelter list shall be provided to the county health department or the agency with the responsibility for the management of care in the special needs shelter immediately prior to a sheltering event.

(5) Persons with special needs who are unregistered, but who arrive at the special needs shelter during a sheltering event, will be assessed at the activated special needs shelter point of intake, and assessed for appropriate shelter placement, consistent with subsection 64-3.020(1), F.A.C., criteria.