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Mandating Vaccines and Implications for COVID-19

Present the types of mandates that state and local governments have previously used to ensure vaccination coverage, including school, health care, employment, and location based. Discuss the legality of vaccine mandates with respect to Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), specifically on recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidance illustrating the required accommodations that employers must provide …

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Joint Law Enforcement – Public Health Investigations: The HIPAA Privacy Rule and Law Enforcement Exceptions to the Rule

The webinar described FBI roles and responsibilities for investigating the possibility of a criminal or terrorism nexus for patients with unusual diagnoses (e.g., anthrax, plague, brucellosis). The HIPAA Privacy Rule protects patient information; however the Department of Health and Human Services specifies certain law enforcement exceptions to the Rule. An overview of the law enforcement …

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