Liability Protection for Public Health Partners | NLM

Disaster Information Management Research Center | NLM

Liability Protection for Public Health Partners

05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Preparedness and Response (CDC CPR). Published: 5/2019. Private or public organizations can play a key role in a large-scale public health emergency by assisting public health in the distribution and/or dispensing of medical countermeasures, such as antibiotics, and staff or services. This two-page fact sheet provides information about liability issues that are a common concern that employers have expressed when asked to distribute or dispense medical countermeasures on behalf of public health. (PDF)