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Medical Care Law

Chapter 12 - Public Health And Communicable Disease Control

Highlights

The Constitution grants the states broad powers to protect the public health.

Public health puts the safety of society above the rights of the individual.

All health care practitioners have duties under the public health laws.

Disease reporting is critical for controlling existing and emerging infectious diseases.

Health care practitioners have many statutory reporting duties.

Introduction

The History Of Public Health Authority

Legal Standards For Public Health Authority

Expert Decision Makers

Reviewing Public Health Orders

Due Process and Privacy

Disease Control

Disease Control and the Individual

Epidemics and Plagues

Carrier State

Disease Control and the Physician-Patient Relationship

Reportable Diseases

Complying with Reporting Duties

Warning Third Parties

Coercive Measures

Involuntary Testing

Contact Tracing

Mandated Treatment

Quarantine and Isolation

Using Isolation and Quarantine

Immunizations

Herd Immunity and Community Health

Compulsory Immunization

Consent for Immunizations

Medical Exemptions

The Vaccine Compensation Act

Recording Duties

Reporting Duties

Attorney's Duty

Food Sanitation

Environmental Health

Hiv/Aids

History

Hepatitis B in the Bathhouses

How Infectious Diseases Emerge

Initial Concentration in the Gay Community

Parallels with Other Diseases

Disease Control for HIV

Vital Statistics

Birth Certificates

Naming the Child

Stillbirths

Death Certificates

Declaration of Death

Coroner Cases and Autopsies

Disease Registries

Law Enforcement Reporting

Child Abuse

Child Neglect

Defending the Child

Dangerousness Due to Mental Illness

Elder and Spousal Abuse

Violent Injuries

Intoxications

Dealing with Peace Officers

References

Suggested Readings

Disease Control

Law Enforcement Reporting

 

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