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Radiological emergency preparedness and response : educational facilities preparedness and legal study
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September 15, 2016
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Description:Recent national and international incidents involving the release of radiological material highlighted the need for state and local health departments throughout the United States to develop emergency preparedness plans and procedures for responding to and recovering from radiological threats. To support the effort, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) partnered in 2012 to create the radiation legal preparedness (RLP) project. The initial RLP project examined the legal landscape of state and local jurisdictions to involuntarily decontaminate and restrict the movement of people contaminated or potentially contaminated with radioactive material.
The purpose of the partnership is to strengthen plans to prepare for and respond to a radiological incident by helping to foster and guide conversations among stakeholders about legal issues. CDC and NACCHO identified a need to review the role of radiological planning in schools because educational facilities play a large role in community and emergency planning. Therefore, in 2014, CDC and NACCHO developed the educational facilities study to assess the development and implementation of radiological emergency planning in kindergarten through university-level schools.
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