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