The world as you knew it is over: Medical Martial Law … examining the CDC’s amendment of the laws around the control of communicable diseases (CDC, US, 2016)
Celeste Solum discusses the CDC’s amendment of the laws around the control of communicable diseases which includes apprehension and detention of persons, requirements relating to issuance of a Federal Order for Quarantine, Isolation, or Conditional Release, medical examinations and so on. EWR
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION:
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).
SUMMARY:
Through this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is amending its domestic (interstate) and foreign quarantine regulations to best protect the public health of the United States. These amendments are being proposed to aid public health responses to outbreaks of communicable diseases such as the largest recorded outbreak of Ebola virus disease (Ebola) in history, the recent outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea, and repeated outbreaks and responses to measles in the United States, as well as the ongoing threat of other new or re-emerging communicable diseases. The provisions contained herein provide additional clarity to various safeguards to prevent the importation and spread of communicable diseases affecting human health into the United States and interstate.
DATES:
Written or electronic comments on the NPRM must be received by October 14, 2016.
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