CDC - May 2016 Edition - Public Health Law News - Public Health Law

CDC - May 2016 Edition - Public Health Law News - Public Health Law

May 2016 issue of Public Health Law News

Each issue features legal news relating to public health and includes announcements; top national, state, and local stories; state and federal court opinions; and interviews.

In This Edition

Editor’s Note collapsed

Announcements: Emergency Dispensing Orders, New FDA Guidance, More collapsed

Legal Tools: ADHD Resources, Healthy People 2020, Electronic Health Records collapsed

Top Stories: Peabody Coal, Murder of Policemen Guarding Polio Workers collapsed

Briefly Noted: Abstinence Only, Recreational Marijuana, Electronic Cigarettes, More collapsed

Global Public Health Law: Tobacco Tax, Access to Water, Refugees, More collapsed

Profile in Public Health Law: Interview with Rachel Hulkower, Legal Analyst/ORISE Fellow, CDC collapsed

Public Health Law News Quiz May 2016 collapsed

Winning Response to the April 2016 Public Health Law News Quiz collapsed

Court Report: Workers' Compensation Blister, Gasoline Leak, Massage Therapists, More collapsed

Quotation of the Month: Sindh Police Inspector General Ad Khawaja

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Resources

CDC’s Public Health Law Program (PHLP), in collaboration with CDC’s National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disorders and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Public Health Law Research Program at Temple University, has released a suite of resources related to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Healthy People 2020 Law and Policy Project Resources

PHLP, in partnership with the Healthy People 2020 (HP2020) initiative, has published four new legal and policy resource anthologies related to HP2020 topic areas, including mental health and mental disorders, older adults, oral health, and substance abuse.

Electronic Health Record Toolkit

This toolkit can help health department professionals work with healthcare facilities during outbreaks (including outbreaks of healthcare-associated infections) to secure access to electronic health record systems and facilitate outbreak investigations.

Public Health Law News Quiz Question, May 2016

What new content section was launched in the May 2016 edition of the Public Health Law News?