The Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) is a federal program to establish and implement guidelines and standards for the registration, credentialing, and deployment of medical professionals in the event of a large scale national emergency. The program is administered under the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response (ASPR) within the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The United States Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS) is a Cabinet department of the United States government with the goal of protecting The ESAR-VHP standards are mandated to American states and territories, enabling an enhanced national interstate and intrastate system for using and sharing medical professionals.

History

After complications arose in the use of medical volunteers following 9/11, United States Congress authorized the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to develop ESAR-VHP. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA an agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving In December, 2006, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act reassigned responsibility for ESAR-VHP to the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) of the U. Events in December Union Day of Romania (1 December World AIDS Day ( December 1) National Day of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. S. Department of Health and Human Services.

See also

• Emergency Management
• Emergency Preparedness
• Incident Command System
• National Response Plan

External links

• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

Emergency management (or disaster management) is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks Emergency management (or disaster management) is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks The Incident Command System (ICS is a standardized on-scene all-hazard incident management concept in the United States. The National Response Plan is the United States national plan to respond to emergencies such as terrorist attacks or natural disasters

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