Volunteer health professionals and emergencies: Assessing and transforming the legal environment

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 216-223

  Hodge Jr , James G ^a,b   Gable, Lance A ^c   Cálves, Stephanie H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Ctr for Law and the Public's Health   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; DISASTER PLANNING; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY; GOVERNMENT; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCIES; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 33645549718     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2005.3.216     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Jackson B, Peterson DJ, Bartis J, et al. Protecting Emergency Responders: Lessons Learned from Terrorist Attacks. Santa Monica, Calif: RAND; 2002. Available at: http://www.rand.org/publications/CF/CF176/. Accessed March 26, 2005.
2. Hogan DE, Waeckerle JF, Dire DJ, Lillibridge LR. Emergency department impact of the Oklahoma City terrorist bombing. Ann Emerg Med 1999;34:160-167.
3. Cone DC, Weir SD, Bogucki S. Convergent volunteerism. Ann Emerg Med 2003;41:457-462.
4. Romano M. Medical personnel respond: physicians across the nation eager to volunteer. Mod Healthc 2001 Sep 17;31(38):24.
5. 68 FR 33144-02 (June 3, 2003).
6. Forgione T, Owens PJ, Lopes JP, Briggs SM. New horizons for OR nurses-Lessons learned from the World Trade Center attack. AORN J 2003 Aug;78(2):240-245.
7. Office of the Surgeon General. MRC Units. Available at: http://www.medicalreservecorps.gov/index.cfm?MRCaction=MRCunit.Contact. Accessed March 27, 2005.
8. Born CT, DeLong WG. Organizing the orthopaedic trauma association casualty response team. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2004 May;(422):114-116.
9. Mason M. Infrastructure: no cure in sight. Homeland Security 2005 Mar/Apr:20-25.
10. Hoard ML, Tosatto RJ. Medical Reserve Corps: strengthening public health and improving preparedness. Disaster Manage Response 2005 Apr-Jun;3(2):48-52.
11. The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, PL 107-188, 42 U.S.C.A. § 247d-7b (West 2005).
12. Department of Health and Human Resources, Health Resources and Services Administration. Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP)-Interim Technical and Policy Guidelines, Standards, and Definitions (June 2005).
13. Department of Health and Human Resources, Health Resources and Services Administration. Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP)-Legal and Regulatory Issues (February 2005).
14. Center for Law and the Public's Health at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities. The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act. Washington, DC: Center for Law and the Public's Health; 2001. Available at: http://www. publichealthlaw.net. Accessed March 28, 2005.
15. Gostin LO, Sapsin JW, Teret SP, et al. The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act: Planning for and response to bioterrorism and naturally occurring infectious diseases. JAMA 2002;288:622-628.
16. 243 Code Mass. Reg. 3.05 (West 2005).
17. Furrow B. Health Law. St. Paul, Minn: West Group; 2000.
18. Minn. Stat. § 12.42 (1996).
19. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-9(b)(3) (West 2005).
20. W. Va. Code § 30-3-13(b)(5) (West 2005).
21. 20 Ill. Comp. Stat. 3305/16 (West 2005).
22. Ohio Rev. Code §5502.35 (2005).
23. National Council of State Boards of Nursing. Nurse Licensure Compact: RN and LP/VN Compact. Available at: http://www.ncsbn.org/nlc/ rnlpvncompact_mutual_recognition_nurse.asp Accessed October 22, 2004.
24. Emergency Management Assistance Compact, PL 104-321 (1996).
25. National Emergency Management Association. Proposed Model Intrastate Mutual Aid Legislation. Available at: http://emacweb.org/docs/ NEMA%20Proposed%20Intrastate%Model-Final.pdf. Accessed October 22, 2004.
26. Mo Code Regs Tit. 19, § 30-20.021 (West 2004).
27. Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals: The Official Handbook. Oakbrook Terrace, Ill: Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; 2004.
28. Apelbaum PH, Ryder ST. The third wave of federal tort reform: protecting the public or pushing the constitutional envelope. Cornell J Law Public Policy 1999;8:591-659.
29. Dobbs DB. The Law of Torts. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group; 2000.
30. Federal Volunteer Protection Act of 1997, P.L.105-19 (1997); 42 USCS § 14501 et. seq. (2004).
31. Vardall FJ, Wertheimer E. Torts: Cases and Problems. Charlottesville, Va: Michie Law Publishers; 1997.
32. Va. Code. Ann. §2.2-3605(d) (West 2005).
33. Minn. Stat. Ann. § 12.22, subd. 2a (West 2005).
34. Sabatino JM. Privatization and punitives: should governmental contractors share the sovereign's immunities from exemplary damages? Ohio State Law J 1997;58:175-239.
35. Boyle v. United Technologies Corp., 487 US 500 (1988).
36. Wa. Rev. Code § 4.92.090 (West 2005).
37. N. M. Stat. Ann. § 41-4-10 (West 2005).
38. 745 Ill. Comp. Stat. 49/1 (West 2005).
39. Minn. Stat. § 604A.01 (West 2005).
40. Fox PB. Cross-border assistance in emergencies: the New England/Eastern Canadian model. New Eng J Int'l & Comp L 2004;11:75-88.
41. Hodge JG. The intersection of federal health information privacy and state administrative law: the protection of individual health data and worker's compensation. Admin L Rev 1999;51:117-144.
42. Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 28-1, 28-14 (West 2005).
43. 20 Ill. Comp. Stat. 3305/10 (West 2005).
44. Ohio Rev. Code Ann. §§ 4123.01, 4122.033 (West 2005).
45. Wis. Stat. §§ 102.07,166.03, 166.215 (West 2005).
46. Larson A, Larson LK. Larson's Workers' Compensation Law. Vol. 3. New York, New York: Matthew Bender; 1997.
47. Kinney ED. Administrative law approaches to medical malpractice reform. St Louis Univ Law J 2004;49:45-72.
48. Richards EP, McLean TR. Administrative compensation for medical malpractice injuries: reconciling the brave new world of patient safety and the torts system. St Louis Univ Law J 2004;49:73-104.
49. Health Resources and Services Administration. National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Fact Sheet. Available at: http://www.hrsa.gov/osp/vicp/ fact_sheet.htm. Accessed March 30, 2005.
50. Greenberger M. The 800 pound gorilla sleeps: the federal government's lackadaisical liability and compensation policies in the context of pre-event vaccine immunization programs. J Hlth Care Law & Policy 2005;8:7-37.