title: EMAC volunteers: liability and workers' compensation.
abstract: The Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) provides a mechanism for states to assist each other during natural disasters and other emergencies. Congress ratified EMAC in 1996, and all 50 states and 3 territories have adopted it. EMAC allows a state affected by a disaster to request personnel and materiel from another state. For personnel requests, EMAC provides that the requesting state cover the tort liability and the responding state cover the workers' compensation liability. This article discusses the limitations of EMAC in deploying volunteers and how the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act and other provisions address those limitations.
authors.forename: Wilfredo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Stacie P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kershner
authors.forename: Matthew S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Penn
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States; D014838:Volunteers / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
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