Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
March 12, 2010
DA 10-426
Roger D. Hovis
Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
2000 Hampton St.
Columbia, SC  29204
Dear Mr. Hovis:   
This letter grants your request, dated March 5, 2010, on behalf of the South Carolina Department 
of Health and Environmental Control (DEHC) for a waiver to permit certain Amateur Radio Service 
licensees to transmit communications on behalf of their employers during an upcoming government 
emergency drill.  
In your request, you state that DEHC will be conducting an exercise on April 21, 2010 from 7:00 
a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to test and exercise Strategic National Stockpile Cities Readiness Initiative Medical 
Supplies Management and Distribution, Mass Prophylaxis, Hospital Surge, and Decontamination 
emergency response plans, policies, and procedures as they pertain to bioterrorism.  The drill will be held 
in Columbia, South Carolina.
Section 97.113(a)(3) of the Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 97.113(a)(3), prohibits amateur
licensees from transmitting communications in which they have a pecuniary interest, including 
communications on behalf of an employer.  You therefore request a waiver of this rule to permit the 
following Amateur licensees to transmit communications on behalf of their employers in connection with 
the exercise:  for DEHC, John Brown, KI4PKH, Joseph Grant, KI4VGQ, Randy Langston, KI4PKE, 
George Timms, KI4VRS, Carolyn Fleming, KJ4LLI, Heather Price, KJ4LLO, Michael Sheriff, KJ4LLR, 
and Jaden Wagener, KJ4LLU; for the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, Jerry Martain, 
KJ4ABO, William Wells, KJ4AAT, Wilfredo Casillas, KJ4BCK, Jacquline Chambers, KJ4BCM, Peter 
Getz, KJ4ABG, and Chevis Parsons, KJ4NOF; for the City of Columbia, Catherine Hartley, KJ4HIS, and
Howard Lederfind, KI4VRF; for Richland County Health Department, Charles McManis, KI4VRI; for 
Catawba Indian Nation, Rosalind Chorak, KI4VRN; for Fairfield Memorial Hospital, Shirley Hall, 
KJ4AAZ; for Lexington Medical Center, Valerie Campbell, KJ4LKZ; for Medical Reserve Corps, Eric 
Bullington, KJ4HIQ; for Palmetto Health, Robert Chartier, KI4VRP, Mary Cromer, KJ4LLE, Eric 
McFarland, KJ4HIT, Melissa Moody, KJ4LLN, Eric Atkinson, KI4VRJ, Kim Elkins, KI4VRT, Ronald 
Johnson, WA4ZYB, and David Morgan, KI4VRE; for Tucker Nursing Center, John Spires, KJ4BCZ; and 
for the University of South Carolina, William Dease, KI4PKO, and Karen Pendleton, KJ4DII.
Section 1.3 of the Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 1.3, provides that the Commission may 
waive its rules if good cause for waiver is shown.  We conclude that grant of the waiver request is 
appropriate under the circumstances presented.  The public interest in facilitating the April 21 public 
safety exercise by permitting the specified amateur licensees to participate warrants this limited waiver of 
Section 97.113(a)(3).  This waiver grant permits transmission of communications by the above-listed 
Amateur licensees on behalf of their employers during the April 21, 2010, exercise, and immediately prior 
to the exercise for the purpose of operational testing of equipment.
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Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the waiver request of the South Carolina Department of 
Health and Environmental Control, dated March 5, 2010, IS GRANTED.
This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.131 and 0.331 of the 
Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131, 0.331.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Scot Stone
Deputy Chief, Mobility Division
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau