23-9.2:9 - Institutional crisis and emergency management plan; review required; annual functional exercise req... - Virginia Statutes

§ 23-9.2:9. Institutional crisis and emergency management plan; reviewrequired; annual functional exercise required.

A. The board of visitors or other governing body of each public institutionof higher education shall develop, adopt, and keep current a written crisisand emergency management plan. The plan shall include a provision that theDepartment of Criminal Justice Services and the Virginia Criminal InjuriesCompensation Fund shall be contacted immediately to deploy assistance in theevent of an emergency as defined in the emergency response plan when thereare victims as defined in § 19.2-11.01, as well as current contactinformation for both.

B. Every four years, each institution shall conduct a comprehensive reviewand revision of its crisis and emergency management plan to ensure the planremains current, and the revised plan shall be adopted formally by the boardof visitors or other governing body. Such review shall also be certified inwriting to the Department of Emergency Management. The institution shallcoordinate with the local emergency management organization, as defined by §44-146.16, to ensure integration into the local emergency operations plan.

C. In addition, the president and vice-president of each public institutionof higher education, or in the case of the Virginia Military Institute, thesuperintendent, shall annually (i) review the institution's crisis andemergency management plan; (ii) certify in writing that the president andvice-president, or the superintendent, have reviewed the plan; and (iii) makerecommendations to the institution for appropriate changes to the plan.

D. Each public institution of higher education shall annually conduct afunctional exercise in accordance with the protocols established by theinstitution's crisis and emergency management plan.

(2008, cc. 450, 526; 2009, cc. 222, 269; 2010, cc. 104, 478.)