Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
April 20, 2010
DA 10-666
Ward A. Neal
New York State Department of Health
Corning Tower
The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY  12237
Dear Mr. Neal:    
This letter grants your request, received April 19, 2010, on behalf of the New York State 
Department of Health (NYSDOH) for a waiver to permit certain Amateur Radio Service licensees to 
transmit communications on behalf of their employers during upcoming government emergency drills.  
In your request, you state that the State of New York is divided into eight Regional Resource 
Center Hospital Regions, and each region will conduct an exercise on the following dates:
Regional Resources Center Location Date
University Hospital Stony Brook May 17, 2010
Finger Lakes Rochester May 18, 2010
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Plattsburgh May 19, 2010
Westchester Medical Center Valhalla May 20, 2010
Erie County Medical Center Buffalo May 20, 2010
SUNY Upstate Medical Center Syracuse May 21, 2010
Albany Medical Center Albany May 25, 2010
Northshore University Hospital Manhasset May 26, 2010
The exercises will test hospitals’ alternate communications methods in the event of a natural or man-made 
disaster that causes normal communications systems to fail.  Communications between hospitals, and
between hospitals and emergency management centers, will be tested.  
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 who are NYSDOH employees to transmit communications on behalf of their 
employer in connection with these exercises:  Drew Fried, KC2WPL; Ward Neal, KC2QKA; Joseph 
Indelicato, KC2TNH; Peter Gallauresi, KC2TMW; and Matthew DeLafayette, KC2VWS. You also 
request a similar waiver for amateur licensees listed in your request who are employees of other entities 
participating in these drills, primarily employees of participating health care facilities, to transmit on 
behalf of their employers in connection with this exercises.1
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 
  
1 The request, including the entire roster, is set forth in the Commission’s Universal Licensing System as an 
attachment under each of the licenses listed above.
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appropriate under the circumstances presented.  The public interest in facilitating the May 17, 18, 19, 20, 
21, 25, and 26, 2010 public safety exercises 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 amateur licensees listed in your request on behalf of their employers during the 
May 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, and 26, 2010 exercises, and immediately prior to each exercise for the purpose 
of operational testing of equipment.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the waiver request of the New York State Department of 
Health, received April 19, 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