Emergency Response : Civil Liability of Volunteer Health Professionals.

Format:

• Book
• Government document

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Disaster relief.
• Medical personnel.
• Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (10 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Sketches various Federal and State liability protections available to volunteer health professionals responding to disasters generally, covering Volunteer Protection Acts, good samaritan statutes, emergency powers and public health emergency statutes, and emergency mutual aid agreements.

Notes:

• Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
• CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Emergency Response

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.