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Public Health Law Part 2, provides a comprehensive review of U.S. laws and regulations surrounding workplace safety, environmental health, and anti-discrimination protections. This section examines regulatory frameworks such as the Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), alongside critical environmental health laws including the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. Participants will also delve into emerging public health legal reforms and understand the role of legal mandates in data protection and health informatics. By the end of this class, participants will gain a deeper awareness of how health, safety, and anti-discrimination regulations shape public health initiatives, workplace practices, and environmental protections to safeguard community health and individual rights.
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Public Health Law, Part 2:
Health and Safety Regulations in Public Health (3 CME/CE Credit)
Thursday, December 12, 2024, 1:45 PM EST - 4:45 PM EST
Presenter: Jack Snyder, MD, JD, PhD, FACLM, DABLM
Course Length: 3 Hours
This workshop Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits
Public Health Law Part 2, provides a comprehensive review of U.S. laws and regulations surrounding workplace safety, environmental health, and anti-discrimination protections. This section examines regulatory frameworks such as the Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), alongside critical environmental health laws including the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. Participants will also delve into emerging public health legal reforms and understand the role of legal mandates in data protection and health informatics. By the end of this class, participants will gain a deeper awareness of how health, safety, and anti-discrimination regulations shape public health initiatives, workplace practices, and environmental protections to safeguard community health and individual rights.
Part A
reviews concepts such as hierarchy of laws, balance of powers, civil vs. criminal law, Administrative Procedure Act, burdens of proof, statutes of limitation, role of judge vs. jury, elements of tort vs. contract, malpractice, federal-state-private regulation of health care, police power, parens patriae, HIPAA, HITECH Act, confidentiality-privilege-privacy, informed consent, standard of care, competency, fed vs. state public health powers, tests of constitutionality, inspection-subpoena-licensing power, quarantine & isolation, reporting obligations, emergency management, vaccine laws, provider-patient relationship, national practitioner data bank, good Samaritan acts, Patient Self-Determination Act, end-of-life & right-to-die, substituted judgment, durable powers of attorney EMTALA-Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, COBRA-Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, ERISA-Employee Retirement Income Security Act, JCAHO-Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Health Care Quality Improvement Act, National Incident Management System, Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Act, Sherman & Clayton Antitrust, Stark Law, Sarbanes-Oxley, False Claims Act, and the Affordable Care Act.
Part B
reviews fundamental aspects of workers' compensation, Occupational Safety & Health Act, OSHA regulations, Mine Safety & Health, Dodd-Frank, Jones Act, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Age Discrimination in Employment, Older Worker Benefit & Protection, Rehabilitation Act, Americans with Disabilities, ADA Amendments, Family Medical Leave Act, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination, National Environmental Policy Act, Resource Conservation & Recovery, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, 21st Century Cures Act, Clean Air Acts, Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Freedom of Information Act, public health legal reforms, public health law informatics.