Sec. 6-10. - Designation, duties and responsibilities of medical health officer.

(a)

The public health officer is designated as the medical health officer for civil defense.

(b)

The medical health officer will be responsible for the following:

(1)

To organize the existing medical specialists, groups and facilities of the town into sufficient sections to cover the sphere of medical health required for emergency purposes.

(2)

To provide a plan for the use of existing health facilities for emergency use.

(3)

To mark and store medical supplies and equipment for rapid identification and distribution under emergency conditions.

(4)

To recruit and train volunteers for medical service.

(5)

To conduct training in biological monitoring.

(c)

The medical health training for civil defense will be guided by civil defense instructions.

(d)

The medical health officer will be responsible for the security, maintenance and inventory of all medical health equipment and materials assigned to the medical health department.

(Code 1967, § 8-10)