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This is a syllabus developed Terry O'Brien, an Assistant Attorney General of Minnesota. He is a leading expert in public health law and enforcement. Mr. O'Brien taught the course at the University of Minnesota School of Law in Spring 1996. (Note from EPR - I worked with Mr. O'Brien in the development of this course and used his syllabus in the development of my course.)
This course is divided into 6 segments. Segment I is introductory. We will discuss the role of law in public health, review the history and current status of the public health infrastructure as it relates to protecting us from and responding to infectious disease, identify the nature and causes of emerging infectious diseases and distinguish general health and medical law from public health law.
In Segment II, we will investigate the source and nature of state police power, its history and current status, and note the shifting judicial standards of review and evidence. We will discuss the effect of the police power on the First Amendment rights of religion, expression and association. We will analyze the relationship between the police power to protect the public health and Fourth Amendment issues attached to mandatory disclosure of personal information to the government as well as non consensual disclosure of personal health information by governmental officials.
Segment III will address the constitutional and statutory limits of police power. We will review successful challenges to the exercise of police power based upon substantive and procedural due process and equal protection. Moreover, we will consider the ramifications of statutory schemes to protect the rights of persons with communicable diseases under the American with Disabilities Act and the Minnesota Human Rights Act.
In Segment IV we will discuss public health incentives and disincentives in the context of penal and civil sanctions.
Segment V will provide case studies applying the Minnesota Noncompliant Carrier Law to carriers of tuberculosis and HIV. Moreover, inasmuch as health care workers with HIV or HBV present a unique context in which to apply knowledge relating to mandatory reporting, testing, lawful and unlawful occupational discrimination, tort duties to inform, to treat and to warn and privacy issues, we will review the public health law issues presented in these cases.
In the final Segment, we will speculate about the lawful response to future epidemics.
David Satcher, Emerging Infections: Getting Ahead of the Curve, Emerging Infectious Diseases 1-6 (1995)
Steven S. Morse, Factors and Emergence of Infectious Disease, Emerging Infectious Diseases 7-15 (1995)
Work in Progress, Edward Richards and Kathleen Rathbun, Personal Health vs. Public Health: Conflicts of Interest and Their Effect on Controlling Emerging Infectious Diseases 17-26
Gostin, Larry, American Public Health Law: The Role of Law in an Era of Emerging Microbial Threats 17-56
In re Halko, 54 Cal. Rptr. 661 (1966) 131-134
An Outbreak Hits a Small Town, Los Angeles Times, May 7 and 8, 1995.
Edward Richards, The Jurisprudence of Prevention: The Right of Societal Self-Defense Against Dangerous Individuals, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly Part I 62-76
Brief Introduction to Infectious Diseases, Chapter One, AIDS: CASES AND MATERIALS (1989) 135-180
Jacobson V. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905) 181-190
Minn. Stat. §§ 144.05, 144.12, 145.075, 145A.04, 145A.06 (1994) 191-198
Stone v. Probst, 206 N.W2d 642 (1925) 199-200
Schulte v. Fitch, 202 N.W. 719 (1925) 201-104
State v. Crabtree, 15 N.W.2d98 (1944) 205-208
Grossman v. Baumgartner, 218 N.E.2d 259 (1966) 209-212
Minnesota State Board of Health v. Brainerd, 241 N.W.2d 624 (1976) 213-220
Siegel v. Shinnick, 219 F.Supp. 789 (1963) 221-224
Brown v. Stone, 738 So.2d 218 (1980) 225-230
Minn. Stat. §§ 144.441 - 449 (1994) 231-236
Doe v. City of Minneapolis, 898 F.2d 612 (1990) 237-246
City of New York v. The New St. Mark's Baths, 130 Misc.2d 911 (1986) 247-252
Anonymous Fireman v. The City of Willoughby, 779 F.Supp. 402 (1991) 253-266
Glover v. Eastern Nebraska Community Office of Retardation, 686 F.Supp. 243 (D. Neb. 1988) 267-274
Leckelt v. Board of Commissioners of Hospital District No. 1, 909 F.2d 820 (5th Cir. 1990) 275-286
Minn. Stat. § 611 A.19 (1994) 287-288
In the Matter of Juveniles A, B, C, D, E, 487 P.2d 455 (Wa. 1993) 289-304
State v. Farmer, 805 P2d 200 (Wa. 1991) 305-308
State v. Adams, 597 N.E. 2d 574 (Ill. 1992) 309-316
People v. Durham, 553 N.Y.S.2d 944 (1990) 317-320
Non-consensual Medical Tests in the Course of Exam
Hill v. Evans, 1993 WL595676 (M.D. Ala) 321-332
Minnesota Communicable Disease Rules, Parts 4605.7000-.7800 333-340
Whalen v. Roe, 429 U.S. 589 (1972) 341-348
Derrick v. Ontario Community Hospital et al., 47 Cal. App. 3d 145 (1975) 349-354
McBarnette v. Feldman, 582 N.Y.S.2d 900 (1992) 355-360
Minn. Stat. § 144.054 361-362
Terry O'Brien, Mandated Reporting and Data Privacy 363-402
Thomas v. Morris, 36 N.E.2d 141 (N.Y. App. 1941) 403-404
People v. Calvo, 432 N.E.2d 223 (1982) 405-408
State v. J.E., 606 A.2d 1160 (N.J.Sup.Ct. 1992) 409-412
State v. Wells, 562 So.2d 1315 (1989) 413-416
Farnsworth v. Proctor and Gamble, 101 F.R.D. 355 (N.D.Ga. 1984) 417-418
Minn. Stat. §§ 13.38, 13.42, 144.658, 144.053 (1994) 419-422
Ronald Bayer and Kathleen Toomey, Health Law and Ethics: The Two Faces of Partner Notification, American Journal of Public Health, August, 1992 423-430
Doe v. Barrington, 729 F.Supp. 376 (1990) 431-436
People ex rel. Barmore v. Robertson, 134 N.E. 815 (Ill. 1922) 123
Varholy v. Sweat, 15 So.2d 267 (Fla. 1943) 437-440
Reynolds v. McNichols, 488 F.2d 1378 (10th Cir. 1973) 441-446
Alan Kraut, Silent Travelers, A Plague of Nativism: The Cases of Chick Gin and "Typhoid Mary." 447-462
Jew Ho v. Williamson, 103 F.2d 10 (N.D. Cal. 1900) 463-474
Revist Wong Wai v. Williamson, (check cite) 154-157
Green v. Edwards, 263 S.E.2d 661 (W.V. 1980) 475-478
Wendy Parmet, The Police Power and AIDS: The Limits of Legal Precedent, JHHRA 479-488
Guenter Risse, Epidemics and History: Ecological Perspectives and Social Responses, AIDS: The Burdens of History 489-506
School Board v. Arline, 480 U.S. 273 (1987) 507-518
Doe v. District of Columbia, 796 F.Supp. 559 (1992) 519-530
Doe v. Kohn, Nast & Graf, 862 F.Supp. 1310 (E.D.Pa. 1994) 531-542
Doe v. Attorney General, 44 F3d 715 (9th Cir. 1995) 543-548
Kohl v. Woodhaven Learning Center, 865 F.2d 930 (1989) 549-562
Ward v. Skinner, 943 F.2d 157 (1991) 563-568
Larry O. Goston, Public Health Powers: The Imminence of Radical Change, Journal of Milbank Quarterly 569-582
State v. Snow, 324 S.W.2d 532 (Ark. 1959) 583-590
State v. Smith, 621 A.2d 493 (N.J.App. 1993) 591-602
Weeks v. Collins, 867 F.Supp. 544 (S.D. Tex. 1994) 603-608
U.S. v. Sturges, 510 F.2d 397 (1975) 609-616
Violations of Public Health Statutes
Minn. Stat. §§ 144.49, 145.36 (1994) and Minn. Laws 1995, Ch. 226, Art. 2 § 17 617-620
State v. Gamberella, 633 S.2d 595 (La.App. 1993) 621-628
Minn. Stat. § 152.09 (1994) 629-630
Commonwealth v. Leno, 616 N.E.2d 453 (Mass. 1993) 631-634
People v. Bordowitz, 588 N.Y.S.2d 507 (1991) 635-640
Doe v. Johnson 817 F.Supp. 1382 (W.D. Mich. 1993) 641-652
Zysk v. Zysk, 404 S.E.2d 721 (W.V. 1990) 653-654
Aetna Casualty Surety v. Sheft, 989 F.2d 1105 (9th Cir. 1993) 655-660
Tichler v. Dimenna, 609 N.Y.S.2d 1002 (1994) 661-666
Terry O'Brien Materials on Health Care Worker Issues 667-684
Duty to Treat
Glanz v. Vernick, 756 F.Supp. 632 (D.Mass. 1991) 685-690
State v. Clausen, 491 N.W.2d 662 (Minn. Ct. App. 1992) 691-696
Duty to Secure Consent for Testing
Doe v. Dyer-Godde, 566 A.2d 89 (Pa.Super. 1989) 697-700
Duty to Warn
Skillings v. Allen, 173 N.W.2d 663 (Minn. 1919) 701-704
Bradshaw v. Daniel, 854 S.W.2d 865 (10th Cir. 1993) 705-710
Reisner v. Regents of the University of California 37 Cal.Rpt.2d 518 (Cal. App.2d Dist. 1995) 711-716
Minn. Stat. §§ 214.17 - .25 (1994) 719-724
Behringer v. Medical Center at Princeton, 592 A.2d 1251 (1991) 725-752
Hidding v. Williams, 578 So.2d 1192 (La.App. 1991) 753-756
Benson v. Minnesota Board of Medical Practice, 526 N.W.2d 634 (Minn.App. 1995) 757-760
Minn. Stat. § 144.4171 - .4186 (1994) 761-766
In re Stillinovich, 479 N.W.2d 731 (Minn.App. 1992) 767-772
Blair v. U.S., 525 A.2d 170 (D.C.App. 1987) 773-780
Larry Gostin, The Future of Public Health Law, American Journal of Law and Medicine 781-796
City of Newark v. J.S., 652 A.2d 265 (1993) 797-808
Ron Bayer, Public Health Policy and The AIDS Epidemic: An End to HIV Exceptionalism, NEJM 809-814
Mike Osterholm, Emerging Infections: A Significant Threat to the Nation's Public Health, Senate Testimony, October 1995 815-844
Ed Richards, The Jurisprudence of Prevention of Prevention: The Right of Societal Self-Defense Against Dangerous Individuals, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Parts II and III, 76-122
Korematsu v. U.S., 323 U.S. 214 (1944) 845-857
David Fidler, Globalization, International Law, and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, April-June, 1996
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