Public Health Law in the United States
Public Health Law Contents
Core Structure and Bases of Public Health Law
The Field of Public Health Law
This subsection covers the following topics in this American legal encyclopedia:
- Public Health Law in General
- Defining Public Health Law
- History of Public Health Law
- Building Evidence for Public Health Law
- The Role of Public Health Ethics
Source and Scope of Public Health Legal Powers
This subsection covers the following topics in this American legal encyclopedia:
- The Constitutional Fountain of Public Health Powers (includes Federalism and Separation of Powers)
- Federal Public Health Powers
- State Public Health Powers (includes Police Powers and Parens Patriae Powers)
- Local Public Health Powers
- Tribal Public Health Powers
Constitutional Rights and the Public’s Health
This subsection covers the following topics in this American legal encyclopedia:
- Foundations of Rights-Based Limitations
- Brief Overview of Specific Rights
- Voluntary, Mandatory & Compulsory Powers
- Balancing Individual & Community Interests
Legal Authority to Prevent and Control Public Health Conditions
Preventing and Treating Communicable Conditions
This subsection covers the following topics in this American legal encyclopedia:
- Communicable Conditions (and its definition)
- Testing & Screening
- Treatment & Related Therapies. (includes Directly-observed Therapy, Expedited Partner Therapy and Forced Treatment)
- Partner Notification
- Vaccination
- Social Distancing Measures (includes State & Local Quarantine & Isolation, Federal Quarantine & Isolation, Curfews & Closures, and Personal Liberties)
Addressing Chronic Conditions
This subsection covers the following topics in this American legal encyclopedia:
- Chronic Conditions (and its definition)
- Causes of Chronic Conditions
- Legal Authorities (the Power to Tax, the Power to Spend, the Power to Regulate and Addressing Disability Bias)
Mitigating the Incidence and Severity of Injuries and Other Harms
This subsection covers the following topics in this American legal encyclopedia:
- Primary Sources of Injuries, Harms and Deaths
- Addressing Harms Through Tort Law (Negligence, Intentional Acts and Strict Liability)
- Products Liability
- Criminal Law and Public Health
Las and the Promotion of the Public´s Health
Public Health Information Management, Privacy & Security
This subsection covers the following topics in this American legal encyclopedia:
- Surveillance and Reporting
- Balancing Individual Privacy and Communal Interests
- Privacy, Confidentiality and Security (Federal Privacy Laws, HIPAA Privacy Rule, State Privacy Laws and Local Privacy Laws)
- Privacy and the Right to Know
Regulating Communications
This subsection covers the following topics in this American legal encyclopedia:
- Public Health Education
- Required Disclosures of Public Health Information ( Warnings, Advisories and Menu Labeling)
- Controlling Commercial Communications
- Commercial Speech and Tobacco
Monitoring Property & the Built
Environment
This subsection covers the following topics in this American legal encyclopedia:
- Inspections and Oversight
- Search and Seizure
- Nuisance Abatement (Public Nuisance and Private Nuisance)
- Takings
- Zoning and the Built Environment
Public Health Emergency, Legal Preparedness and Response
This subsection covers the following topics in this American legal encyclopedia:
- Defining Public Health Emergencies
- State & Local Public Health Emergency Powers
- Federal Public Health Emergency Powers
- The Evolving Emergency Legal Environment (Interjurisdictional Roles in
Preparedness, Practicing Legal Triage and Emergency Liability Protection)
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