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Click here for more information about this April 28, 2009 briefing.
CDC’s Public Health Law Program developed this, foundational course on public
health law as a learning resource for public health practitioners, students, and
others.
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2009
H1N1 Flu Legal Preparedness
Information on legal issues, resources, and related matters
relevant to the current swine flu outbreak will be posted on
this website as they become available.
For detailed information, including federal, state, local,
and international legal actions taken in response to the outbreak,
visit
2009 H1N1 Flu Legal Preparedness.
Pandemic Influenza Legal Preparedness
Tools
Disclaimer: Please note that this information is not legal
advice. Any questions regarding the application of specific
laws should be directed to your official legal counsel.
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CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and the
Public Health Law Program convened a meeting in Atlanta on December
2-3, 2008 titled “Promising Legal Responses to the Epidemic of Prescription Drug
Overdoses in the United States.” The goal of the meeting was to indentify legal measures for potential adoption at the state level to help address
the growing problem of prescription drug overdoses.
CDC Public Health Law
News
The August issue of the CDC Public
Health Law News is now available. For access to all archives, click
here.
Public Health Law Symposium
David Fidler, James Louis Calamaras Professor of Law, Indiana University, Maurer School of Law,
Global Trade and Health: Controversy and Consilience (July 27, 2009)
Arkansas Public Health
Law Bench Book
The Arkansas Public Health Law Bench Book was developed by the University
of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law and the University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fay W. Bozeman College of Public Health.
The bench book is a resource and guide for judges and those practicing in public health. It addresses such
topics as quarantine and isolation, abatement of public nuisances, and
jurisdiction over public health legal issues.
Arkansas
Public Health Law Bench Book
Public
Health Law 101
CDC’s Public Health Law Program developed this, foundational
course on public health law as a learning resource for public health
practitioners, students, and others. The course comprises 9 slide lecture
units for delivery to public health department professionals by legal
counsel & others trained in law.
Public Health Law 101
Cross-Sector Collaboration
Tools
The CDC / Bureau of Justice Assistance "Public Health and Law Enforcement
Emergency Preparedness Workgroup" has released two tools designed to
improve cross-sectoral and cross-jurisdictional preparedness for public
health emergencies. The first, “A Framework for Improving Cross-Sector
Coordination for Emergency Preparedness and Response: Action Steps for
Public Health, Law Enforcement, Corrections, and the Judiciary,” details
background on and opportunities for strengthening cross-sectoral and
cross-jurisdictional emergency preparedness. The second is a guide for
developing a memorandum of understanding for coordinated cross-sector
implementation of community response measures to contagious respiratory
diseases such as influenza.
See the
Cross-Sector Collaboration Tools in action.
Cross-Sector Collaboration Tools
More information and available documents
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Public Health Emergency
Legal Preparedness Clearinghouse
The resources below are selected tools developed by the
CDC Public Health Law Program and partners for professionals'
and policy makers' use in strengthening their organizations’
and jurisdictions’ legal preparedness for all-hazards public
health emergencies.
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