Residential Health Care Facilities

Miami-Dade County Department of Emergency Management provides training for facility owners and administrators on CEMP requirements and submission. This includes guidance on CEMP development.

CEMP Development Training may be conducted in-person, virtually or via the CEMP Training Video. Trainings are free of charge to the participant and are intended for individuals developing a facility's CEMP.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2024, all facility owners and administrators are required to watch the CEMP Training Video prior to submitting their facility's CEMP.

Florida's Governor's Office ordered two administrative emergency rules to be implemented by the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) outlining the Emergency Power Plans and procedures regarding emergency environmental control for assisted living facilities and nursing homes.

All new assisted living facilities and nursing homes submitting a CEMP must also submit the Emergency Power Plan for review and approval to Miami-Dade County Emergency Management Department.

Document links are available in the Related Documents section.

• Emergency Power Plan
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Final Ratified 58A - 5.036 Emergency Environmental Control for Assisted Living Facilities
• Final Ratified 59A - 4.1265 Emergency Environmental Control for Nursing Homes

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities affected by the rule may file a petition for a waiver or variance under Section 120.542 of the Florida Statutes.

Requests should demonstrate efforts to comply with the rule, describe why a waiver or variance is requested, and specify the section of the rule from which relief is requested.

Petitions for variance or waiver must be filed with the Agency Clerk's Office.

Nursing homes must file their petition for variance or waiver with the Agency Clerk for the Agency for Health Care Administration.

Assisted living facilities must file their petition for variance or waiver with the Agency Clerk for the Department of Elder Affairs.