Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 641 - Public Health Department › Chapter 113 - Public Health Response Teams › Rule 641-113.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall
				apply:
"Defend"
means that the office of the Iowa
				attorney general shall provide a public health response team member with legal
				representation at no cost to the public health response team member.
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				public health.
"Director "
means the director of the Iowa
				department of public health.
"Disaster medical assistance team"
or
"DMAT"
means a public health response team that is sponsored
				by the department or a sponsor agency, and approved by the department, to
				provide medical assistance in the event of a disaster or threatened disaster or
				other incident as defined in Iowa Code section
				135.143.
"Environmental health response team"
or
"EHRT"
means a public health response team that is sponsored
				by the department or a sponsor agency, and approved by the department, to
				provide environmental health expertise and assistance in the event of a
				disaster or threatened disaster or other incident defined in Iowa Code section
				135.143.
"Indemnify"
means that the state of Iowa shall
				pay all sums that a public health response team member is legally obligated to
				pay as damages because of any claim made against the public health response
				team member which arises out of the provision of direct medical care or other
				support services rendered or which should have been rendered during a disaster,
				threatened disaster, or other incident defined in Iowa Code section
				135.143,
				or arising out of a training exercise to prepare for a disaster or other
				incident defined in Iowa Code section
				135.143.
"Iowa mortuary operational response team"
or
"IMORT"
means a public health response team that is
				sponsored by the department or a sponsor agency, and approved by the
				department, to provide decedent care in the event of a mass fatality disaster
				or threatened disaster or other incident defined in Iowa Code section
				135.143.
"logistical support response team"
or
"ISRT"
means a public health response team that is sponsored
				by the department or a sponsor agency, and approved by the department, to
				provide logistical support and assistance in the event of a disaster or
				threatened disaster or other incident defined in Iowa Code section
				135.143.
"Public health response team"
or
"PHRT"
means a team of professionals, including licensed
				health care providers, nonmedical professionals skilled and trained in disaster
				or emergency response, and public health practitioners, that is sponsored by
				the department or a sponsor agency, a hospital or other entity, and approved by
				the department, to provide assistance in the event of a disaster or threatened
				disaster or other incident defined in Iowa Code section
				135.143.
				"Public health response team" shall include a disaster medical assistance team,
				an environmental health response team, a logistical support response team, the
				Iowa mortuary operational response team and other teams established and
				approved upon written order of the director to supplement and support disrupted
				or overburdened local medical and public health personnel, hospitals, and
				resources.
"Public health response team member"
or
"PHRT member"
means an individual who has registered with
				the department and has received approval from the department to serve on a
				public health response team.
"Sponsor agreement"
means a signed agreement
				between a sponsor agency and the department which defines the terms and
				conditions under which the agency shall sponsor a public health response
				team.