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1797.152
. (a) The director and the State Public Health Officer may
jointly appoint a regional disaster medical and health coordinator
for each mutual aid region of the state. A regional disaster medical
and health coordinator shall be either a county health officer, a
county coordinator of emergency services, an administrator of a local
EMS agency, or a medical director of a local EMS agency. Appointees
shall be chosen from among persons nominated by a majority vote of
the local health officers in a mutual aid region.
(b) In the event of a major disaster which results in a
proclamation of emergency by the Governor, and in the need to deliver
medical or public and environmental health mutual aid to the area
affected by the disaster, at the request of the authority, the State
Department of Public Health, or the Office of Emergency Services, a
regional disaster medical and health coordinator in a region
unaffected by the disaster may coordinate the acquisition of
requested mutual aid resources from the jurisdictions in the region.
(c) A regional disaster medical and health coordinator may develop
plans for the provision of medical or public health mutual aid among
the counties in the region.
(d) No person may be required to serve as a regional disaster
medical and health coordinator. No state compensation shall be paid
for a regional disaster medical and health coordinator position,
except as determined appropriate by the state, if funds become
available.