Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
The required authorization of civil defense and disaster
training, test or operational activities by the State Council of Civil Defense
shall be governed by the following provisions:
(1) Compensation benefits shall be paid only
to duly enrolled civil defense volunteers accidentally injured while engaged in
civil defense or disaster training, test or operational activities specifically
authorized by the State Council of Civil Defense.
(2) Civil defense and disaster training
activities shall be deemed to be authorized only when one of the following
occurs:
(i) A qualified employe of the State
Council of Civil Defense, or of any other Federal or State department or agency
cooperating in a program specifically approved by the Council, has been
designated and is actively serving as instructor of the activities;
or
(ii) An official Training or
Test Authorization Request (Form SCCD TAR, Rev. 3/63), covering each specific
course, or series of similar courses or activity programs to be carried out
during a single calendar year, has been prepared and submitted to and approved
by the State Council of Civil Defense prior to initiation of the course or
programs, in accordance with instructions prescribed by the State Director of
Civil Defense.
(3) Civil
defense and disaster tests shall be deemed to be authorized only in the event
that if one of the following:
(i) The tests
shall be ordered, or called, by the State Council of Civil Defense.
(ii) An official Training or Test
Authorization Request (Form SCCD TAR, Rev. 3/63), covering each specific test
shall be prepared, submitted to and approved by the State Council of Civil
Defense prior to initiation of the said test, in accordance with instructions
prescribed by the State Director of Civil Defense.
(4) Civil defense and disaster operations
shall be deemed to be authorized only when duly enrolled civil defense
volunteers have been one of the following:
(i)
Officially ordered or called to emergency duty by the State Director of Civil
Defense.
(ii) Officially ordered or
called to duty by the executive officer or governing body of their respective
political subdivisions to meet the threat of an emergency which shall be
specifically deemed by the executive officer or governing body to be of such
severity or magnitude as to warrant the use of civil defense
personnel.
