Public Health Law and the Ten Essential Services
Sunday November 12, 2000 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
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The Institute of Medicine "The Future of Public Health" defined the functions of Government in Public Health as being Assessment, Policy Development and Assurance. The Ten Essential Services of Public Health further defined how public health serves http://www.apha.org/ppp/science/10ES.htm . This session will include a discussion of whether the Ten Essential Services of Public Health are consistent with the legal basis for state and local public health authority. Two public health law experts - Edward P. Richards JD MPH and Larry Gostin JD LLD will discuss this issue with a reaction and comments by experienced local and state public health physicians. Dr. Gostin is Co-Director of the Georgetown/Johns Hopkins Program on Law and author of the book, Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9186.html and Professor Richards is Director of The Center for Public Health Law at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law http://www.umkc.edu/cphl and co-author of Medical Care Law, Aspen (1999).
**This session has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM). ACPM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This session is approved for 2 AMA/PRA Category 1 CME credits.