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A Crisis Waiting To Happen: What’S Wrong With Pennsylvania Public Health Law., John A. Bozza

John A Bozza

There are few areas of government enterprise where the need to “get it right” is so critical, as formulating and executing laws affecting the public health. When the government sets out to exercise its police power to control the spread of disease its goal is to accomplish an immensely important practical task. This article is intended to identify those aspects of Pennsylvania's public health law that may be impediments to the government's ability to effectively respond to a public health crisis. It is suggested that by revising and clarifying certain key provisions of statutes and regulations clear decision making at …