MASARYK UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW



                                   Public Health Emergency Law:

                                    Domestic and International


                                Offered in the Spring Semester 2010



                                         Judith W. Munson

                                  Visiting Adjunct Professor from

                                     John Marshall Law School

                                        Jwmunson2@yahoo.com



                                       Outline for Class #1


                                      Tuesday, March 16, 2010

                                           Computer Lab




   NOTE:  ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BRING  A LAPTOP COMPUTER TO CLASS OR MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO
                            PARTNER WITH ANOTHER STUDENT WITH A LAPTOP


All Students:  Sign-up to receive email alerts from the following two entities:
  * EU Commission on Health and Consumer Protection:  sanco-news@ec.europa.eu

(Note:  the Commission has relaunched its website and the rss feeds are no longer available—unless
you can locate the place where you are to sign up)
  * US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Law Program News:
http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/cphln.asp  (Since this class was offered last, the CDC Public Health Law
News is now only published once a month.)

Both subscriptions are FREE.



  * Overview—Introductions—Public Health + Threats + Security Topics Monitoring—Student Sign Up




·        International Quiz—ppt by Instructor

·        Please come to class having read the following article:  Goodman, R.A., et. al, “Law and
Public Health,” MMWR, Dec 22, 2006 (55 SUP02; 29-33)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/su5502a11.htm?s_cid=su5502a3_3


                                    ANTHRAX AND THE REVOLUTION

                                       IN PUBLIC HEALTH LAW


  * CDC Bioterrorism Video

      http://www.bt.cdc.gov/training/historyofbt/01overview.asp

      http://www.bt.cdc.gov/training/historyofbt/02anthrax.asp

      http://www.bt.cdc.gov/training/historyofbt/03plague.asp

      http://www.bt.cdc.gov/training/historyofbt/04smallpox.asp

      http://www.bt.cdc.gov/training/historyofbt/05botulism.asp

      http://www.bt.cdc.gov/training/historyofbt/06vhf.asp

      http://www.bt.cdc.gov/training/historyofbt/07tularemia.asp



  * ANTHRAX—Reformation of PH Law in US  and the Model Act



  * PPT presentation by the Instructor—Anthrax + the Model Act





                    [LINK]


  * The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act as of December 21, 2001 can be found at:
http://www.publichealthlaw.net/MSEHPA/MSEHPA2.pdf



·        For a description of the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act

Go to:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_State_Emergency_Health_Powers_Act




  * The Anthrax case (Amerithrax Case File) was just recently closed by the FBI.  See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks#Overview


                                       If time permits . . .



·        Viewing of the first 20 minutes of the 1950’s film, “Panic in the Streets”—Elia Kazan,
Director.


·        Forensic Epidemiology – the importance of joint training—Public Health + Law Enforcement



·        PDD-39:  http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd39.htm