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Model Syllabus Three
Participants contributing to this outline:
Peter Baldridge, James Hodge, Babette Neuberger, Jack Willoughby
| I. | Surveillance-"the ongoing collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data, and the dissemination of findings to those who need to know" | |||
| a. Physicians, surgeons, and veterinary practitioners are the ones who will be treating any diseases | ||||
| b. Reporting by these practitioners | ||||
| i. How is this done within the State? | ||||
| ii. Is there any civil or criminal liability for failure to make reports? | ||||
| 1. Licensing action against the physician | ||||
| iii. Physicians' duty to inform/warn government/third parties of persons infected with disease? | ||||
| c. Confirmation by laboratories | ||||
| d. Monitoring | ||||
| II. | What is the police power of the State? | |||
| a. What is the legislature saying about the authority of health departments to investigate diseases? | ||||
| III. | What are the powers of the federal government? | |||
| IV. | Do the States have a responsibility to report to the federal government? | |||
| a. Federalism issues | ||||
| b. Reporting to the FBI under the Con-Plan? | ||||
| V. | Criminal v. civil investigations | |||
| VI. | Reconciling laws that prohibit obstruction of FBI investigation and public health laws | |||
| a. Public health officials' goal is to stop outbreaks while FBI's goal is to catch the offenders | ||||
| VII. | Source/agent?susceptible people | |||
| a. Surveillance--detection | ||||
| i. What are the police powers? | ||||
| ii. Civil/criminal penalties? | ||||
| iii. How is information treated? | ||||
| iv. Privacy/confidentiality disclosure issues? | ||||
| b. Confirm diagnosis | ||||
| i. Compulsory testing issues | ||||
| 1. Privacy rights v. State interests | ||||
| c. Identify additional cases | ||||
| i. Government collecting data/information from citizens to determine if they are ill or infected | ||||
| d. Implement interventions | ||||
| i. Interventions to prevent disease transmission | ||||
| 1 . Quarantine | ||||
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| 2. Vaccination | ||||
| 3. Isolation | ||||
| 4. Education | ||||
| 5. Seizing property and destruction | ||||
| 6. Testing and screening | ||||
| 7. Treatment | ||||
| 8. Antibiotics, etc. | ||||
| ii. Consent v. compulsory actions | ||||
| iii. Confidentiality of information | ||||
| e. Do further studies as necessary | ||||
| f Additional interventions | ||||
