The hospital develops an emergency operations plan based on an all-hazards approach.

(1)

The hospital’s incident command structure describes the overall incident command operations, including specific incident command roles and responsibilities. The incident command structure is flexible and scalable to respond to varying types and degrees of emergencies or disaster incidents. Note: The incident command structure may include facilities, equipment, staff, procedures, and communications within a defined organizational structure.

(2)

The hospital identifies the individual(s) who has the authority to activate the hospital’s emergency operations plan and/or the hospital’s incident command.

(3)

The hospital identifies its primary and alternate sites for incident command operations and determines how it will maintain and support operations at these sites. Note 1: Alternate command center sites may include the use of virtual command centers. Note 2: Maintaining and supporting operations at alternate sites include having appropriate supplies, resources, communications, and information technology capabilities.