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Public Health Emergency Law

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Panelists:

Thomas J. Balint, JD, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Trenton, NJ
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Martin Fenstersheib, MD, MPH, Health Officer, Santa Clara County, CA
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David Zocchetti, JD, Chief Counsel, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Sacramento, CA
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Moderator: Ernest B. Abbott, JD, MPP, Principal, FEMA Law Associates, PLLC Speaker Biography
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Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the emergency management roles of federal and state governments during public health emergencies;
• Compare their states’ laws regarding local and state response to public health emergencies with those of California; and
• Identify strengths and weaknesses of public health emergency laws as they were implemented in the TopOff 3 exercise.

Resource Material:

• CDC Public Health Emergency Law Training Course (Abbott/Goodman)
• FEMA materials (Abbott)
• California materials (Fenstersheib and Zocchetti)
  
• TopOff 3 materials (Balint)

This page is last updated on June 09, 2005.