And Why Not Register with the State of California Medical Volunteers
The California Medical Volunteers program provides guidance and
assistance for the development of a statewide standardized registry
and credential verification of volunteer health professionals in
advance of an emergency or disaster. The State of California program
collects and verifies information on the identity, licensure status,
privileges, and credentials of volunteers. The registry program
is intended to serve as the statewide mechanism for tying together
the registration and credential information of all potential health
professional volunteers in the State. The system should also include
information about volunteers involved in organized efforts at the
local level (such as MRC units and SNS volunteer teams) and the
State level (such as NDMS/Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT)
and State Medical Response Teams). The program also allows for a
ready pool of volunteers by providing mechanisms for the recruitment
and registration of individual health professionals who are willing
to help in an emergency, but prefer not to be part of a unit structure
such as MRC or DMAT. To find out more please visit www.medicalvolunteer.ca.gov.
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