Introduction
FAQs
Glossary
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This report presents information in the form of "answers" to 37 questions about principal federal laws that shape response to public health emergencies. The information presented in this report is based on the April 28, 2009, teleconference “Federal Public Health Emergency Law: Implications for State & Local Preparedness and Response” and was compiled by the Public Health Law Program Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The questions and answers are grouped into four categories: legal authorities, public health emergency procedures, isolation and quarantine, and workforce issues.
Editor: Emily McCormick, MPH, Prevention Specialist
Associate Editor: Montrece McNeill Ransom, JD, MPH, Senior Public Health Analyst
Contributing Editor: Stacie Kershner, JD, ORISE Fellow
CDC Public Health Law Program