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TITLE: Federal Public Health Emergency Law - Implications for State and Local Preparedness and Response
SPEAKERS:
Susan Sherman, JD, MHS - Office of the General Counsel, HHS
Jennifer Ray, JD, MPH - Office of the General Counsel, HHS
Diane Donley, JD - Office of Chief Counsel, FEMA
Kim Dammers, JD - Assistant U.S. Attorney "on detail to CDC"
DATE: Tuesday, April 28, 2009
TIME: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Call-in Number: 888-283-2960
Passcode:3986978
Slides: PowerPoint 
(1.18 MB/ 79 slides)
This COCA Conference Call, sponsored by the CDC Public Health Law Program and the CDC Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, will offer a comprehensive overview of the principal federal laws that frame responses to all-hazards public health emergencies. These laws are directly relevant to federal, state, tribal, local, and territorial agencies’ emergency preparedness and response efforts.
This call will present an overview of the federal authorities for public health emergency preparedness and response under the Public Health Service (PHS) Act and related provisions of the Social Security Act and the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The Stafford Act and quarantine authorities under the PHS Act will also be discussed. Time will be reserved for questions from participants.
Continuing Education Credits/Contact Hours will NOT be
offered for this COCA Conference Call
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Those who participate in the COCA Conference Calls and who wish to receive CE credit/contact hours and will complete the online evaluation by April 16, 2009 will use the course code EC1265. Those who wish to receive CE credits/contact hours and will complete the online evaluation between April 17, 2009 and March 17, 2010 will use course code WD1265. CE certificates can be printed immediately upon completion of your online evaluation. A cumulative transcript of all CDC/ATSDR CE’s obtained through the CDC Training & Continuing Education Online System will be maintained for each user.
PURPOSE: To enhance clinicians knowledge of emerging or re-emerging threats, their effects on human populations and medical evaluation and management of these threats.
CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This activity provides 1 contact hour.
CEU: The CDC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEU's for this program.
CECH: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is a designated event for the CHES to receive 1 Category I contact hour in health education, CDC provider number GA0082.
DISCLAIMER:
In compliance with continuing education requirements, all presenters must disclose any financial or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use.
CDC, our planners, and the presenters for this seminar do not have financial or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters. This presentation does not involve the unlabeled use of a product or product under investigational use.
*There is no commercial support.
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- Content source: CDC Emergency Communication System (ECS), Division of Health Communication and Marketing (DHCM), National Center for Health Marketing (NCHM)
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