Question

Must be at least 250 words

In the “Public Health Law” Grand Rounds that you viewed and discussed on Blackboard, Montrece McNeill Ransom, JD, MPH, concluded her presentation by saying “there really is no public health without the law.” Support or refute this assertion using at least two specific examples to support your position.

Answer 1

Public health laws are such legal forces and duties of organized society, by which conditions for maintaining citizen's health are ensured.Public health law refers to a statute, or rule or local ordinance that has the purpose of promoting or protecting the public health.Public health law examines the authority of the government at various jurisdictional levels to improve the health of the general population within societal limits and norms. Public health law focuses on the duties of the government to achieve these goals, limits on that power, and the population perspective. typically has three major areas of practice: police power, disease and injury prevention, and the law of populations.

Health law is the area of law concerned with the health of individuals and populations, the provision of health care and the operation of the health care system.

Examples of how health laws are used include

• regulate the collection and use of health information
• address non-communicable disease risk factors
• regulate the safety and efficacy of medicines and medical devices;
• protect patient rights
• egulate the operation of hospitals, clinics or other health services;
• control the training and practice standards of health workers