Quarantine Laws and Public Health Realities

Quarantine Laws and Public Health Realities

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Panelists:

Scott Burris, Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, PA
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Richard P. McNelis, Associate General Counsel, Counsel to Florida Bio-T Programs, Florida State Health Department, Tallahassee, FL
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Edward P. Richards, Harvey A. Peltier Senior Professor and Director, Program in Law, Science, and Public Health, Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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Moderator: Eric D. Hargan, Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
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Learning Objectives:

Understand arguments for and against revising state statutes for quarantine.
Understand factors that may impact the decision on whether to revise these laws.

Resource Material:

Gostin LO, Burris S, Lazzarini Z. The law and the public’s health: A study of infectious disease law in the United States. Colum. L. R. 1999;99:59-128.

Gostin LO, et al. The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act: Planning for and response to bioterrorism and naturally occurring infectious diseases, Journal of the AMA 2002;288:622-628

Annas GJ. Bioterrorism, public health, and civil liberties. New England Journal of Medicine 2002;346:1337-1342

Public Health Law Revision and the Model Law Process the Case of Emergency Quarantine and Isolation: Updated reference materials are posted at: http://biotech.law.lsu.edu/cphl/slides/cdc-2005-quarantine.htm.

This page is last updated on June 27, 2005.