Section 12.351 — Specialized Emergency Response Team.
12.351 SPECIALIZED EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. The state director of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management shall determine if, in response to an emergency or disaster, activation of a specialized emergency response team for deployment to any political subdivision is in the public interest. If so, the state director may activate a team. When […]
Section 12.36 — Governor’s Powers To Fast Provide Emergency Aid.
12.36 GOVERNOR’S POWERS TO FAST PROVIDE EMERGENCY AID. (a) The governor, during an emergency or disaster and notwithstanding any other law, may: (1) enter into contracts and incur obligations necessary to combat the disaster by protecting the health and safety of persons and the safety of property and by providing emergency assistance to the victims […]
Section 12.37 — Political Subdivision’s Powers To Fast Provide Emergency Aid.
12.37 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION’S POWERS TO FAST PROVIDE EMERGENCY AID. During an emergency or disaster, each political subdivision, notwithstanding any statutory or charter provision to the contrary, and through its governing body acting within or without the corporate limits of the political subdivision, may: (1) enter into contracts and incur obligations necessary to combat the disaster […]
Section 12.38 — State Agencies; Temporary Waiver Of Fees.
12.38 STATE AGENCIES; TEMPORARY WAIVER OF FEES. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a state agency as defined in section 16B.01, subdivision 2, with the approval of the governor, may waive fees that would otherwise be charged for agency services. The waiver of fees must be confined to geographic areas within a presidentially declared disaster […]
Section 12.381 — Safe Disposition Of Dead Human Bodies.
12.381 SAFE DISPOSITION OF DEAD HUMAN BODIES. Subdivision 1. Powers for safe disposition. Notwithstanding chapter 149A, in connection with deaths related to a declared emergency, the governor may: (1) direct measures to provide for the safe disposition of dead human bodies as may be reasonable and necessary for emergency response. Measures may include, but are […]
Section 12.39 — Individual Treatment; Notice, Refusal, Consequence.
12.39 INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT; NOTICE, REFUSAL, CONSEQUENCE. Subdivision 1. Refusal of treatment. Notwithstanding laws, rules, or orders made or promulgated in response to a national security emergency or peacetime emergency, individuals have a fundamental right to refuse medical treatment, testing, physical or mental examination, vaccination, participation in experimental procedures and protocols, collection of specimens, and preventive […]
Section 12.42 — Out-of-state License Holders; Powers, Duties.
12.42 OUT-OF-STATE LICENSE HOLDERS; POWERS, DUTIES. During a declared emergency, a person who holds a license, certificate, or other permit issued by a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a province of Canada evidencing the meeting of qualifications for professional, mechanical, or other skills, may render aid involving those skills in […]
Section 12.331 — Local Assistance Between Political Subdivisions.
12.331 LOCAL ASSISTANCE BETWEEN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. Subdivision 1. Authority between political subdivisions. When the public interest requires it because of an emergency, a political subdivision may request the assistance of another political subdivision. Upon receiving such a request, a political subdivision, called the “sending political subdivision,” may go to the assistance of the requesting political […]
Section 12.34 — Assistance Required; Compensation For Property Taken; Penalty.
12.34 ASSISTANCE REQUIRED; COMPENSATION FOR PROPERTY TAKEN; PENALTY. Subdivision 1. Emergency powers. When necessary to save life, property, or the environment during a national security emergency or during a peacetime emergency, the governor, the state director, or a member of a class of members of a state or local emergency management organization designated by the […]
Section 12.24 — Regional Disaster Offices.
12.24 REGIONAL DISASTER OFFICES. Subdivision 1. Authorization. The state director may create and establish such number of regional disaster offices as may be necessary to provide both administrative assistance and operational support following a disaster, and with due consideration of the plans of the federal government and of other states. The director shall designate staff […]