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The Community Public Health Legal Preparedness Initiative
The InitiativeA Critical Gap in "Legal Preparedness" for Public Health EmergenciesLaw plays a critical role in protecting Americans from public health emergencies--such as the anthrax attacks of October 2001, the SARS epidemic, and potential pandemic West Nile Virus and other infectious disease outbreaks. Law makes equally important contributions to chronic disease prevention, environmental health protection, and prevention of injury and disability. Since 2001, public health attorneys have worked intensively to assess and update health agencies legal preparedness for public health emergencies. However, health care attorneys have had few opportunities to learn about the legal framework in which their clients-private and public hospitals and other health care organizations-would operate during an acute public health emergency. True community-wide legal preparedness hinges critically on close coordination between public health agencies and health care organizations-e.g., in quarantine, vaccination, treatment of victims, etc. Key Initiative Goals
To help address this gap, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), the Health Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA), and the
non-profit Public Health Law Association (PHLA) have partnered to develop the
Community Public Health Legal Preparedness Initiative. The goals of the
Initiative are:
The WorkshopsWorkshops in Community Public Health Legal PreparednessCDC, the ABA, and PHLA have developed a template for intensive, one-day
workshops where health care attorneys and public health attorneys in a given
community can jointly learn about the laws that define the roles and
responsibilities of health care organizations and public health agencies in
public health emergencies. Workshop Director's Guide If you are interested in serving as a Workshop Director, or you would like a hard copy of the guide,
contact Montrece McNeill Ransom, JD of the CDC
Public Health Law Program at 404-639-4630 or
mransom@cdc.gov. In addition to providing assistance in identifying
target audiences, deciding learning objectives and content, the guide includes
information on securing Continuing Legal Education credits, samples of agendas,
presentations, and task lists. Transcript of the Community Public Health Legal Preparedness Initiative (CPHLPI)
Teleconference Materials for Workshop Directors: Initiative PartnersOptimal and full legal preparedness for public health emergencies (and improved public health, generally) requires a multifaceted, multidisciplinary approachthe linking of previously unlinked organizations. For more information on initiative partners and co-sponsors, please visit their websites:American Bar Association, Health Law Section Public Health Law Association
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