As Confirmed Cases Rise, Home Health Industry Turns Its Attention to Coronavirus - Home Health Care News

• California Exemptee Training - for home medical device retailers (HMDR)

Updated October 15, 2025

One of the original links broke (re: checklist).

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"Perhaps most immediately, home health providers may face a shortage of supplies. To avoid that, providers should start checking with their vendors about the continued flow of masks, medication and other key items.

Besides reinforcing their supply line, providers should also review their current emergency response plans and personnel policies, updating both for possible coronavirus outbreaks in their markets.   ...

NAHC released a comprehensive coronavirus checklist on Wednesday. The list — produced with expert advice from Barbara Citarella of RBC Limited Healthcare & Management Consultants — includes several other actions providers should be taking right now."

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California Exemptee Training - for home medical device retailers (HMDR). State approved by the CDPH. $525 per student. Earns a course completion certificate suitable for your Exemptee license application.

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

FDA - Medical Devices and Disaster Preparedness

• Buy now! California HMDR Exemptee License Training Certification Course

Updated March 17, 2026

Whether it's a hurricane, gas main explosion, or something else, it's important to be thinking about how it'll affect one's use of a medical device in the setting of a disaster, according to FDA Offers Tips about Medical Devices and Hurricane Disasters.

The recent devastating gas main explosion in San Bruno, CA, just 20 minutes by car from where I live, highlights the need for preparedness.

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