Support for the First Line of Defense in Public Health Emergencies
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INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 1348 I. THE EXISTING IMMUNITY LANDSCAPE DURING A DECLARED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY....................................................................................................... 1350 A. What Is a Public Health Emergency? ....................................................... 1350 B. Federal Emergency Laws and Federal Protection of Public Entities ....... 1352 C. Federal Protection for Private Entities Responding to Public Health Disasters .................................................................................................. 1355 D. State Emergency Laws .............................................................................. 1361 II. EXPANDING LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR PRIVATE PHYSICIANS DURING PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES ...................................................................................... 1363 A. Facilitating Physician Response: Encouragement over Coercion ............ 1363 B. Distinguishing Public Health Emergencies from Typical Emergency Medicine ................................................................................. 1367 C. Professor Hoffman’s Proposal for Legislative Reform ............................. 1368 III. TORT LAW AND PRIVATE PHYSICIAN LIABILITY DURING PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES .................................................................................................... 1369 A. Applicable Standards of Care ................................................................... 1370 B. Good Samaritan Laws ............................................................................... 1375 IV. FEDERAL AND STATE COORDINATION OF EMERGENCY PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY TO FACILITATE LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS .............. 1380 A. Federal Preemption .................................................................................. 1380 B. Victim Compensation ................................................................................ 1383 CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................. 1385
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