Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
2. Directory of State Public Health Legal Counsel,
updated version available at
www.phppo.
cdc.gov/od/phlp.
3. Emergency
major disaster.
97
Affected individuals may
apply for disaster aid consisting of:
•
Disaster housing;
98
Preparedness
Contacts:
•
Funding for housing repairs and replace-
ment of damaged items needed to make
homes habitable;
99
Centers
for Disease Control and Preven-
tion,
updated
information
available
at
www.cdc.gov/nceh/emergency/default.htm.
•
Disaster grants to cover necessary expenses
not covered by insurance and other
aid programs, including replacement of
personal property, transportation, medical
care, dental care, and funeral expenses;
100
Appendix A.E
Selected Public Health
Emergency-Preparedness Standards and
Plans
1. Smallpox Response Plan and Guidelines
(V3.0), Executive Summary and Sections
A-F,
full and updated version avail-
able at
www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/prep/
index.asp#responseplanning.
2. Public Health Guidance for Community-Level
Preparedness and Response to Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome (V2/3), Supplement
C: Preparedness and Response in Health-
care Facilities,
full and updated version avail-
able at
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/guidance/C/
index.htm.
3. Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan, Execu-
tive Summary,
full and updated version avail-
able at
www.hhs.gov/nvpo/pandemicplan/.
•
Low-interest disaster loans for repair
or replacement of homes, automobiles,
clothing, or other damages personal prop-
erty (loans are administered through the
Small Business Administration);
101
Crisis counseling;
102
•
•
Disaster-related
unemployment
assis-
tance;
103
•
Legal aid and assistance with income tax,
Social Security, and veteran's benefits;
104
and
•
Hazard mitigation.
105
Appendix A.D
Directories of State and Territorial
Public Health Directors, State Public
Health Legal Counsel, and CDC
Emergency-Preparedness Contacts
1. Directory of State and Territorial Public
Health Directors,
updated version available at
www.statepublichealth.org/index.php.
97
Fed. Emergency Mgmt. Agency,
Region IV, Ten Days Remain for Disaster Aid
, Oct. 16, 1998,
at
www.fema.gov/regions/
iv/1998/r4_095.shtm (last visited Sept. 21, 2004).
98
See
42 U.S.C. § 5174b (2004).
99
Id
. § 5174c.
100
Id
. § 5174e.
101
Fed. Emergency Mgmt. Agency,
supra
note 95.
102
42 U.S.C. § 5183 (2004).
103
Id
. § 5177a.
104
See
Fed. Emergency Mgmt. Agency,
supra
note 95
105
Id
.
