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Public Health Law as Administrative Law

WEBThe health department can help the employer train personnel who will be handling food, and can work with them to help understand the sanitary code requirements. Managing …

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Consent to Medical Care in Lousiana

WEBFor purposes of this Section, an emergency is also defined as a situation wherein: (1) a person transported to a hospital from a licensed health care facility is not in a condition …

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Legal Uses of Medical Records

WEBLegal Uses of Medical Records. Medical records have an unusual legal status. They are medical care practitioners’ primary business records, but they are also …

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The Hearsay Rule

WEBThe hearsay rule is important in the medical setting because the admissibility of the medical record into the court as evidence is governed by the hearsay rule. A basic …

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Review of the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act

WEBThe proposed Model State Emergency Health Powers Act will not improve day to day public health practice or the response to bioterrorism. In fact, it may make such responses …

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Releasing Medical Records

WEBReleasing Medical Records. Medical records are a peculiar type of business record. The physical record (paper, microfilm, or something else) belongs to the physician making …

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The Legal Basis of Public Health

WEBThe Public Health Training Network (PHTN) developedThe Legal Basis of Public Healthin a distance learning format, in response to training needs expressed by public health …

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Environmental Health

WEBEnvironmental Health. Food sanitation, drinking-water treatment, and wastewater disposal have been mainstays of public health since the earliest times. As …

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When Can PHI Be Released without Authorization

WEBMore generally, HIPAA allows the release of information without the patient's authorization when, in the medical care providers' best judgment, it is in the patient's …

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THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY

WEBTHE HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY. Sanitary laws were the first public health measures. An early record of these laws is in Leviticus 11-16. The Romans …

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Basic right to consent to medical care

WEBThose who seek it in search of health, are charged nothing, if they are needy, either for board or for treatment. The well-to-do are required by its by-laws to pay $ 7 a week for …

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Professional Courtesy

WEBProfessional courtesy – taking care of the families of other physicians without charge – is a tradition that dates back to Hippocrates. The practice served to build bonds between …

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CHAPTER V LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS

WEBCHAPTER V LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS LOCAL health department is one organized by law to serve a political subdivision of a State, such as a county, township, …

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Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 492 U. S. 490 (1989)

WEBReproductive Health Services, 492 U. S. 490 (1989) WEBSTER, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOURI, ET AL. v. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES ET AL. APPEAL …

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The Role of the Police Power in 21st Century Public Health

WEBpolice power, its historical use in public health, and the struc tural reasons why health departments preoccupied with per sonal health care cannot effectively use the police …

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