Even though a pandemic influenza strikes indiscriminately, your organization’s essential functions must continue. To ensure continued operations, your organization should delegate the authority to make policy decisions. A delegation of authority:

• Identifies who is authorized to act on behalf of the organization’s head or other officials for specified purposes.
• Ensures that designated individuals have the legal authorities to carry out delegated duties.

As a general rule, delegations of authority take effect when normal channels of direction are disrupted and terminate when the channels are re-established.

Click on this link to access the minimum requirements for delegations of authority.