Proposed statutes and By-Laws I

Swedish student nurses' knowledge of health statutes: a descriptive survey.

BACKGROUND The nurse's function, no matter the working area, is guided by ethical approaches, grounded in science and well-tried experiences, and has to be conducted according to national laws, statutes and instructions. AIM To survey newly graduated Swedish nurses' knowledge about current statutes and laws that govern their healthcare system. METHOD A questionnaire was developed from facts...

Thirty-five years of working with civil commitment statutes.

This commentary reflects my 35 years of working with civil commitment statutes, first in Alaska, then in Oregon, and on various committees on the national level. Coming from a background in community and public psychiatry, I have always considered civil commitment to be the most important forensic mental health statute, as the commitment process in any state greatly influences the lives of many...

As the tide turns: the changing HIV/AIDS epidemic and the criminalization of HIV exposure.

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 R I. THE CRIMINAL HIV-EXPOSURE STATUTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712 R A. Origins: Patient Zero and the Presidential Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712 R B. The Statutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Sex offender registration and community notification challenges: the Supreme Court continues its trend.

All states and the District of Columbia have passed sex offender registration and community notification laws. While the specific provisions of these statutes vary, all have public safety as a primary goal. The authors discuss two recent cases heard by the United States Supreme Court that challenged the constitutionality of Alaska's and Connecticut's statutes. The laws were challenged as violat...

Undead Laws: The Use of Historically Unenforced Criminal Statutes in Non-Criminal Litigation

Who Stands to Benefit? Right to Try Law Provisions and Implications

As of late November 2016, 32 states had adopted right to try laws. These laws are intended to allow terminally ill patients preapproval, or “compassionate,” access to drugs, devices, or biologics that are in development and have not yet been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). While the laws’ intentions and their impact have been examined, little has been written a...