Disaster Medical Response

Approved by the ACEP Board of Directors June 2006
 
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) supports a national credentialing mechanism and up-to-date database of available physicians and medical volunteers who could be deployed as needed in the face of a national emergency. Provisions must also be in place to provide workers compensation and medical liability protection for medical volunteers deploying to a disaster site at the request of the federal government.