SECTIONS 114662 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 114662

114662. (a) The department shall provide technical support for
plume emergency phase response. During the ingestion pathway and
recovery phases, the department shall have the lead technical role
and shall participate in a joint state and local government
protective action decisionmaking process. The department shall
prepare the ingestion pathway and recovery plan, and shall provide
guidelines for local government ingestion pathway and recovery plans.
(b) The department shall maintain plans for communicating public
health information during the ingestion pathway and recovery phases.
The department shall also maintain a radiological advisory team, and
shall maintain a list of medical facilities capable of caring for
radiological casualties.
(c) The department shall perform all of the following duties and
functions:
(1) Act as the responsible entity for ensuring that ingestion
pathway and recovery plans are maintained and ready to be
implemented, including necessary training and exercises, in
coordination with affected counties and the office.
(2) Establish protective action guidelines for ingestion pathway
and recovery operations with reference to the recommendations of the
federal Environmental Protection Agency.
(3) Coordinate development and maintenance by counties of, and
review any information database of food, water, and animal resources
for, the 50-mile ingestion pathway zone around the San Onofre and
Diablo Canyon nuclear powerplants.
(4) Establish measurement standards and procedures to assess
radioactivity in exposure pathways, including, but not limited to,
food, water, and animals, which are compatible with the federal
Environmental Protection Agency's standards and procedures.
(5) Support local government nuclear emergency planning, training,
exercises, and response in coordination with the office.
(6) Maintain plans for coordinating the dissemination of public
health information during the recovery phase of a nuclear powerplant
emergency.
(7) Define and maintain a radiological advisory team, which shall
not make decisions within the jurisdiction of emergency planning and
response organizations. The guidelines for the team shall include,
but not be limited to, all of the following requirements:
(A) The team shall include individuals with expertise in medicine,
radiation biology, radiation casualty management, emergency
preparedness and disaster response, public health, and government
responsibilities.
(B) The team shall be available to advise the department on its
nuclear powerplant emergency planning and response.
(C) The team may provide advice and counsel regarding radiation
protection safety issues.
(8) Maintain guidelines for the designation for medical facilities
that would be capable of managing and caring for casualties caused
by a nuclear radiation accident.
(9) Develop and maintain a list of medical facilities that meet
the statewide guidelines.