2005 California Health and Safety Code Sections 1797.150-1797.152 Article 4. Medical Disasters

1797.150.  In cooperation with the Office of Emergency Services, the
authority shall respond to any medical disaster by mobilizing and
coordinating emergency medical services mutual aid resources to
mitigate health problems.
1797.151.  The authority shall coordinate, through local EMS
agencies, medical and hospital disaster preparedness with other
local, state, and federal agencies and departments having a
responsibility relating to disaster response, and shall assist the
Office of Emergency Services in the preparation of the emergency
medical services component of the State Emergency Plan as defined in
Section 8560 of the Government Code.
1797.152.  (a) The director, and the Director of Health Services may
jointly appoint a regional disaster medical and health coordinator
for each mutual aid region of the state.  A regional disaster medical
and health coordinator shall be either a county health officer, a
county coordinator of emergency services, an administrator of a local
EMS agency, or a medical director of a local EMS agency.  Appointees
shall be chosen from among persons nominated by a majority vote of
the local health officers in a mutual aid region.
   (b) In the event of a major disaster which results in a
proclamation of emergency by the Governor, and in the need to deliver
medical or public and environmental health mutual aid to the area
affected by the disaster, at the request of the authority, the State
Department of Health Services, or the Office of Emergency Services, a
regional disaster medical and health coordinator in a region
unaffected by the disaster may coordinate the acquisition of
requested mutual aid resources from the jurisdictions in the region.
   (c) A regional disaster medical and health coordinator may develop
plans for the provision of medical or public health mutual aid among
the counties in the region.
   (d) No person may be required to serve as a regional disaster
medical and health coordinator.  No state compensation shall be paid
for a regional disaster medical and health coordinator position,
except as determined appropriate by the state, if funds become
available.