MASARYK UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW



                                   Public Health Emergency Law:

                                    Domestic and International


                                Offered in the Spring Semester 2011



                                         Judith W. Munson

                                  Visiting Adjunct Professor from

                                     John Marshall Law School

                                        Jwmunson2@yahoo.com



                                       Outline for Class #1


                                      Tuesday, March 15, 2011

                                           Computer Lab




    NOTE:  This course is based on the availability of documents, videos, breaking news, etc.,
  available on the Internet.  As a result, this course is scheduled to take place in the Computer
                                               Lab.


All Students:  Please read this Case Study Prepared by an International Meta-Leadership Team at the
2009-2010 Leadership Institute at the University of Illinois, School of Public Health:  A TALE OF
TWO FLOODS:  Applying Multi-Sector Cooperation to Emergency Preparedness and Response in Illinois
and the Czech Republic, March 12, 2010.  The Case Study is available at:
http://www.midamericacphp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/A-Tale-of-Two-Floods-MARPHLI-Case-Study-by
-the-Meta-Balconeers-final.pdf


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

·        International Quiz—powerpoint 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

Please also read Title XIV PUBLIC HEALTH Article 168 of the Treaty on the Functions of the EU
(Consolidated Version) and,

·        Please access and review the EU Commission on Health and Consumer Protection Preparedness
and Response documents:
http://ec.europa.eu/health/preparedness_response/consultations/preparedness_cons_02_en.htm

·        Read the Introductory Paper
http://ec.europa.eu/health/preparedness_response/docs/cons_introduction_en.pdf, and
  * The STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT on lessons learnt from the H1N1 pandemic and on health security in
the European Union:
http://ec.europa.eu/health/preparedness_response/docs/commission_staff_lessonsh1n1_en.pdf


                                          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


(For Viewing On Your Own):

      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 closed by the FBI only a year ago.  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