Miscellaneous

Pandemic Pandemonium

By Anne Skove, Esq.

Do courts need to worry abuot swine flu? If so, what do they do first?

The answer to the first question is, of course, yes.

The answer to the second is a bit more complex. Yet, courts have been thinking about this issue for some time now. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has compiled a list of benchbooks and other resources related to public health as part of its Public Health Law Program.

See also NCSC's Emergency Preparedness Resource Guide. The guide includes sections on public health, preserving records and libraries, preserving technology, and preparedness and the ADA.

Our favorite of the bunch (yes we have a favorite of just about everything, even public health benchbooks!) is Public Health Law Bench Book for Indiana Courts, Louisville: University of Louisville, Center for Public Health Law Partnerships (2005).

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on April 27, 2009 (boomark / email).