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64 N.Y.U. Ann. Surv. Am. L. 249 (2008-2009)
Principles and Practice of Legal Triage during Public Health Emergencies

handle is hein.journals/annam64 and id is 257 raw text is: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF LEGAL TRIAGE DURING PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIESt JAMES G. HODGE, Jt, jD., L.L.M.* AND EVAN D. ANDERSON, jD.** I. Introduction ............ ..................... 250 II. Public Health Emergencies .......................... 253 A. Non-Emergency Laws ............................ 253 B. Federal Emergency Laws ......................... 255 C. State Emergency Laws ........................... 263 D. Effects of Changing Legal Norms During Declared Emergencies ........................... 269 III. Legal Triage ......................................... 272 A. Preservation of Constitutional Norms ............ 274 B. Primacy of Statutory Enactments ................. 275 C. Suspension of Conflicting Legal Authorities ..... 276 D. Recognition of Public Health Ethics ............. 277 E. Adoption of an Interdisciplinary Approach ...... 277 F. Efficiency in Decision Making ................... 278 IV. Legal Triage in Key Contexts ........................ 278 A. Allocation of Scarce Resources ................... 279 B. Volunteer Liability Protections ................... 283 C. Coordination of Interjurisdictional Emergency- response Efforts ................................. 287 V. Conclusion .......................................... 291 t This article is based in part on James G. Hodge, Jr., Legal Triage During Public Health Emergencies and Disasters, 58 ADMIN. L. Rv. 627 (2006). The authors acknowledge the editing and research assistance of Meredith Larson, J.D., M.P.H. Candidate, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities, and Researcher, Centers for Law and the Public's Health: A Collaborative at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities. * Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Executive Director, Centers for Law and the Public's Health: A Collaborative at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities. ** Research Associate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Fellow, Centers for Law and the Public's Health: A Collaborative at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities. 249 Imaged with the Permission of NYU Annual Survey of American Law

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