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(13) the license holder’s plan for emergency evacuation of participants involving fire, weather, and other disasters. The plan must include instructions for evacuation or rescue of participants, identification of an emergency shelter area, quarterly fire drill schedule, and staff responsibilities; and (14) the license holder’s policy for handling harmful objects, materials, or equipment including the storage of poisonous chemicals, use of appliances, sharp instruments, matches, or any other potentially harmful materials. (b) The information in paragraph (a) must be provided in writing to the commissioner’s representative upon request and must be available for inspection by the commissioner’s representative at the home. Subd. 4. Admission screening and evaluation. (a) Before admitting an individual into the family adult day services program, the license holder shall screen the individual to determine how or whether the license holder can serve the individual, based on the license holder’s policies, services, expertise, and the individual’s needs and condition. If possible, the screening shall include an interview with the individual and with the individual’s caregiver. (b) The screening required under paragraph (a) shall include an evaluation of the health, nutritional, and social services needs of the individual. Subd. 5. Service delivery plan. Before providing family adult day services, an individual, the individual’s caregiver, the legal representative if there is one, the county or private case manager, if applicable, and the license holder shall develop a service delivery plan. At a minimum, the service delivery plan shall include: (1) a description of the health services, nutritional services, and social services to be arranged or provided by the license holder and the frequency of those services and that the services will be based on the needs of the individual; (2) scheduled days and hours of participant’s attendance at the license holder’s home; (3) transportation arrangements for getting the participant to and from the license holder’s home; (4) contingency plans if scheduled services cannot be provided by the license holder; (5) identification of responsibilities of the participant and the license holder with respect to payment for the services; (6) circumstances when emergency services will be called; and (7) identification of the license holder’s discharge policy when services are no longer needed or when the participant’s needs can no longer be met by the license holder. Subd. 6. Individual service plan. (a) The service plan must be coordinated with other plans of services for the participant, as appropriate. (b) The service plan must be dated and revised when there is a change in the needs of the participant or annually, whichever occurs sooner.

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