Safety

Provider Type

  • Physicians
  • Participating Physician Groups (PPG)
  • Hospitals
  • Ancillary

Health Net requires that all facilities serving Medi-Cal and Cal MediConnect members strictly adhere to all regulatory agency rules and regulations regarding fire and safety. Each facility must have evidence of being fire safe as evidenced by the fire department and state fire marshal's office.

Facility Responsibilities

Supervisors or designated staff are responsible for ensuring that emergency and fire protection policies and procedures are adhered to within their areas of responsibility and that fire hazards are reported and eliminated. Evacuation routes must be clearly posted and all telephones should be marked with emergency numbers.

Monthly inspections of fire extinguishers must be performed by supervisors or designated staff and a log documenting the inspections maintained. Records of fire inspections must also be maintained.

Fire Safety Training

All new employees must be trained in facility-specific fire safety measures. A set of fire safety procedures must be issued to, read and signed by the employees, indicating their understanding of the procedures. A log documenting this training is to be kept.

Employee Responsibilities

Employees are responsible for reporting the following potential fire hazards:

  1. defective or inoperable emergency equipment (for example, fire extinguishers and blocked emergency exits)
  2. housekeeping hazards (over-accumulation of trash, rags and other combustibles)
  3. defective heat-producing equipment (for example, malfunctioning heaters, furnaces or ovens)
  4. misuse or mishandling of biohazardous materials
  5. electrical hazards (for example, exposed wires on appliances)

Outside Agency Responsibilities

Local fire department representatives perform periodic inspections to ensure compliance with codes and regulations. Copies of deficiency and hazard reports are forwarded to the facility manager. Maintenance of portable fire extinguishers is performed by contractors licensed by the California state fire marshal.