Author: Arden Fritz
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Category : Crisis management in government
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
As with emergency preparedness in general, legal preparedness activities may not anticipate all of the varying legal issues that might arise in a health-related disaster because emergencies, by their very nature, create unique and sometimes unexpected challenges. One important consideration of public health preparedness is whether public health authorities are legally empowered to respond in the desired manners. This is important because of the potentially wide-ranging and unprecedented impacts of a pervasive or catastrophic event with public health ramifications and their potential to cross jurisdictional borders. This summary illuminates some of the Minnesota state and U.S. federal laws potentially applicable to the subjects of liability protection and resource allocation.