Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 44 - Civil Defense
Section 44.045 - Health care professionals may be deployed during a state of emergency — immunity from liability, when — release of certain confidential information permitted, when.

Effective - 08 Jun 2007, 3 histories
44.045. Health care professionals may be deployed during a state of emergency — immunity from liability, when — release of certain confidential information permitted, when. — 1. Subject to approval by the state emergency management agency during an emergency declared by the governor, any health care provider licensed, registered, or certified in this state or any state who agrees to be so deployed as provided in this section may be deployed to provide care as necessitated by the emergency, including care necessitated by mutual aid agreements between political subdivisions and other public and private entities under section 44.090. During an emergency declared by the governor, health care providers deployed by the governor or any state agency shall not be liable for any civil damages or administrative sanctions for any failure, in the delivery of health care necessitated by the emergency during deployment, to exercise the skill and learning of an ordinarily careful health care provider in similar circumstances, but shall be liable for damages due to willful and wanton acts or omissions in rendering such care.
2. In a declared state of emergency, the department of health and senior services and the division of professional registration within the department of commerce and insurance 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 H.B. 58 and S.B. 420 & 344, A.L. 2007 H.B. 579)
Effective 6-08-07

Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title V - Military Affairs and Police

Chapter 44 - Civil Defense

Section 44.010 - Definitions.

Section 44.020 - State emergency management agency created.

Section 44.022 - Powers and duties of governor.

Section 44.023 - Disaster volunteer program established, agency's duties — expenses — immunity from liability, exception.

Section 44.024 - Public safety director to head emergency management agency.

Section 44.028 - State may accept federal goods and services on behalf of itself and its subdivisions.

Section 44.032 - Emergency powers of governor, uses — Missouri disaster fund, funding, expenditures, procedures, purposes — aid to political subdivisions, when, procedure — expenditures in excess of $1,000, governor to approve.

Section 44.035 - Persons with health-related ailments, voluntary county registry for disasters or emergencies.

Section 44.045 - Health care professionals may be deployed during a state of emergency — immunity from liability, when — release of certain confidential information permitted, when.

Section 44.080 - All political subdivisions shall establish a local emergency management organization.

Section 44.090 - Mutual-aid agreements — participation in statewide mutual aid system — reimbursement for services provided, benefits.

Section 44.091 - Mutual aid agreements, powers of arrest — law enforcement deemed employee of sending agency — immunity.

Section 44.095 - Mutual aid agreement with Kansas — definitions — requests for assistance — immunity — certification by director, notice to revisor of statutes.

Section 44.098 - Law enforcement mutual-aid region, critical incidents — request for aid, response, Kansas and Oklahoma — notice to revisor, when (Jasper and Newton counties).

Section 44.100 - Emergency powers of governor.

Section 44.101 - Firearms and ammunition, state of emergency, no restrictions permitted.

Section 44.105 - Governor-declared state of emergency, suspension of certain state law provisions, when — volunteers, responsibilities of — staffing authority.

Section 44.110 - Cooperation of existing state agencies and political subdivisions in emergency — suspension of activities and functions of state agencies and political subdivisions may be ordered.

Section 44.112 - Rules of governor to govern all organizations established under sections 44.010 to 44.130 — each organization to have copy of all rules and regulations.

Section 44.113 - Political activity by emergency management organizations prohibited.

Section 44.114 - Local licensing or registration ordinances, prohibition on imposition of restrictions or enforcement on insurer's claims handling operations, when.

Section 44.115 - Persons employed by or associated with civil defense agencies — qualifications — oath required.

Section 44.120 - Expenses, how paid.

Section 44.125 - Agency to work with volunteers.

Section 44.130 - Regulations to be filed with secretary of state — violations — penalty.

Section 44.225 - Citation of law — short title.

Section 44.227 - Commission on seismic safety created — members, qualifications — officers — quorum — terms — removal from office — vacancies — expenses — staff.

Section 44.229 - Commission's powers.

Section 44.231 - Program to prepare state for responding to a major earthquake, commission's duty to establish.

Section 44.233 - Duties of commission.

Section 44.235 - Review and advisory powers of commission.

Section 44.415 - Emergency mutual aid compact.