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Public Health Emergency Legal Preparedness: Legal Practitioner Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Demetrios L. Kouzoukas
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This paper provides an overview of recent US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initiatives and efforts — under the leadership of the General Counsel, the Secretary, and the President — regarding legal preparedness for public health emergencies. In addressing this topic, the paper focuses on four core elements comprising public health legal preparedness:

  1. (1) effective legal authorities to support necessary public health activities;

  2. (2) competencies of public health professionals to know and then to apply those laws;

  3. (3) coordination of the application of laws across jurisdictions (local, state, tribal, federal, and international) and across multiple sectors; and

  4. (4) information and best practices in public health law.

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Special Supplement
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 36 , Issue S1 , Spring 2008 , pp. 18 - 22
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2008

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