Laboratories, Emergencies, and the Law: How Our Legal System Impacts Laboratories During Emergency Response

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 10/27/2017 This basic-level webinar provides an overview of important concepts of legal preparedness that can impact the operation of laboratories during an emergency response. Issues discussed include liability, the impact of emergency declarations on the legal landscape, and mutual aid agreements. It provides information about how to discuss concepts of legal preparedness during an emergency response, identify legal challenges that may impact laboratory operations in an emergency, and describe legal tools to improve laboratory operations during an emergency response. (Video or Multimedia) Site requires free registration.
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: news