Emergency plan rules in Utah
One license type researched, regulated by Utah Dept. of Health and Human Services — Health Facility Licensing. Every requirement below carries the rule that imposes it.
Assisted living / residential care
Licensed in Utah as Assisted Living Facility, by Utah Dept. of Health and Human Services — Health Facility Licensing.
Utah Admin. Code R432-270 (assisted living facilities); disaster and emergency preparedness at R432-270-26
Utah drill documentation must record the date, who took part, the problems encountered, and THE ABILITY OF EACH RESIDENT TO EVACUATE. Like Wisconsin's evacuation timing, this turns the drill into an ongoing assessment of whether each resident can still be safely housed here.
Utah Admin. Code R432-270-26Posted in public locations throughout the facility: the name of the person in charge, the names and telephone numbers of emergency medical personnel and agencies, the evacuation routes, and the location of fire alarm boxes and fire extinguishers. Utah names the contents of the posting, not just the duty to post.
Utah Admin. Code R432-270-26Reviewed 2026-07-30
What this page is
The requirements Utah places on a facility emergency preparedness plan, taken from the state’s own rules rather than a national template. Where we have confirmed something against primary text it is stated plainly; where we have not, it says so and names what to check. Nothing here is inferred from what other states do.
The part that is the same everywhere
The federal layer does not vary by state, and it is narrower than it is usually described. OSHA 29 CFR §1910.38 does not bind every employer on its own — by its applicability paragraph it governs an emergency action plan whenever another OSHA standard requires the employer to have one, and it then settles what that plan must contain. The CMS emergency preparedness rule applies by certified provider type rather than by building. That layer, plus the exit-route, alarm and first-aid rules and the fire code’s plan structure, is covered in the main crash course rather than repeated on all fifty state pages.
Write the plan
The Emergency Plan Builder produces the document itself and is driven by this same research, so the two cannot disagree about what Utah requires. The Compliance Calendar puts the drills and inspections on dates.