Section 44.045

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE

Chapter 44

Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 3 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  *44.045.  Voluntary deployment of health care professionals during a declared emergency — certain confidential contact information may be released. — 1. Subject to approval by the state emergency management agency during an emergency declared by the governor or state legislature, any health care professional licensed, registered, or certified in this state who volunteers to be so deployed may be deployed to provide care as necessitated by the emergency.

  2. In a declared state of emergency, the department of health and senior services or the division of professional registration within the department of economic development may release otherwise confidential contact and licensure, registration, or certification information relating to health care professionals to state, local, and private agencies to facilitate deployment.

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(L. 2005 S.B. 420 & 344)

*This section was enacted by both H.B. 58 and S.B. 420 & 344 during the First Regular Session of the 93rd General Assembly, 2005.  Due to possible conflict, both versions are printed here.