§ 3141 — Public Health Emergency Planning Council

Delaware § 3141

• Jurisdiction: Delaware
• Title: 20
• Part: Civil Defense
• Ch. 31: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
• Subch.: Public Health Emergencies

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(a) The Public Health Emergency Planning Council is established.

(b) The Council consists of the following voting members, or a designee appointed by a member serving by virtue of position:

(1) The Governor.

(2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(3) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

(4) The Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services.

(5) The Secretary of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security.

(6) The Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.

(7) The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.

(8) The Adjutant General of the Delaware National Guard.

(9) The Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.

(10) The Director of the Delaware Emergency Management Agency.

(11) The Governor’s Homeland Security Advisor.

(12) A representative of the Delaware medical community, to be appointed by the Governor, for a term of 2 years.

(13) The Attorney General.

(14) [Repealed].

(15) The Minority Leader of the Senate.

(16) The Minority Leader of the House.

(17) A physician who is board certified in infectious disease and licensed to practice in this State, to be appointed by the Governor, for a term of 2 years.

(18) A representative from a major Delaware hospital system, to be appointed by the Governor from a slate of nominees to be provided by the Delaware Healthcare Association, for a term of 2 years.

(19) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

(c) The Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services or the Secretary’s designee shall serve as the Chair of the Council. The Governor shall also appoint representatives of affected constituencies, including the medical community, local health departments and governments, local police, fire and emergency medical service agencies, community health centers, and volunteer organizations as ex officio members of the Council.

(d) The number of members who must be present at a Council meeting to have a quorum and conduct official business is the majority of voting members. Counting for quorum does not include voting member positions that are vacant.

(e) An individual appointed to fill a vacancy on the Council holds office for the remainder of the term of the former member.

(f) The Council must meet at least 1 time per year.

(g) (1) The Council must meet within 15 days of the initiation of a state of emergency due to a public health emergency for the purposes of discussing and evaluating, in an advisory capacity to the Governor, the response to the public health emergency.

(2) The Council must meet at least every 30 days thereafter until the termination of the state of emergency due to a public health emergency.

Legislative History

73 Del. Laws, c. 355, § 13 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1 ; 84 Del. Laws, c. 213, § 2 ; 85 Del. Laws, c. 170, § 1