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 PUBLIC LAW 109–417—DEC. 19, 2006

120 STAT. 2859

the application of licensing requirements applicable to health professionals, who are seeking to provide medical services (within their scope of practice), during a national, State, local, or tribal public health emergency upon verification that such health professionals are licensed and in good standing in another State and have not been disciplined by any State health licensing or disciplinary board.’’; and (5) in subsection (k) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. SEC. 304. CORE EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

Section 319F of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d– 6) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: ‘‘(a) ALL-HAZARDS PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESPONSE CURRICULA AND TRAINING.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretary of Defense, and in consultation with relevant public and private entities, shall develop core health and medical response curricula and trainings by adapting applicable existing curricula and training programs to improve responses to public health emergencies. ‘‘(2) CURRICULUM.—The public health and medical response training program may include course work related to— ‘‘(A) medical management of casualties, taking into account the needs of at-risk individuals; ‘‘(B) public health aspects of public health emergencies; ‘‘(C) mental health aspects of public health emergencies; ‘‘(D) national incident management, including coordination among Federal, State, local, tribal, international agencies, and other entities; and ‘‘(E) protecting health care workers and health care first responders from workplace exposures during a public health emergency. ‘‘(3) PEER REVIEW.—On a periodic basis, products prepared as part of the program shall be rigorously tested and peerreviewed by experts in the relevant fields. ‘‘(4) CREDIT.—The Secretary and the Secretary of Defense shall— ‘‘(A) take into account continuing professional education requirements of public health and healthcare professions; and ‘‘(B) cooperate with State, local, and tribal accrediting agencies and with professional associations in arranging for students enrolled in the program to obtain continuing professional education credit for program courses. ‘‘(5) DISSEMINATION AND TRAINING.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide for the dissemination and teaching of the materials described in paragraphs (1) and (2) by appropriate means, as determined by the Secretary. ‘‘(B) CERTAIN ENTITIES.—The education and training activities described in subparagraph (A) may be carried out by Federal public health or medical entities, appropriate educational entities, professional organizations and

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