Sec. 90.41  Disaster relief organizations.

    (a) Eligibility. Organizations established for disaster relief 
purposes having an emergency radio communications plan are eligible to 
hold authorizations to operate radio stations for the transmission of 
communications relating to the safety of life or property, the 
establishment and maintenance of temporary relief facilities, and the 
alleviation of emergency situations during periods of actual or 
impending emergency, or disaster, and until substantially normal 
conditions are restored. In addition, the stations may be used for 
training exercises, incidental to the emergency communications plan, and 
for operational communications of the disaster relief organization or 
its chapter affiliates.
    (b) Special eligibility showing. The initial application from a 
disaster relief organization shall be accompanied by a copy of the 
charter or other authority under which the organization was established 
and a copy of its communications plan. The plan shall fully describe the 
operation of the radio facilities and describe the method of 
intergration into other communications facilities which normally would 
be available to assist in the alleviation of the emergency condition.
[ 43 FR 54791 , Nov. 22, 1978, as amended at  48 FR 9272 , Mar. 4, 1983;  62 FR 15992 , Apr. 3, 1997]