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Course Overview

Mass Antibiotic Dispensing: Legal Ease

A Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) and
Public Health Training Network Satellite Broadcast and Webcast
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Originally aired
October 22, 2009

  
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The federal government has passed multiple pieces of legislation related to the distribution and dispensing of medical countermeasures during an emergency response in an effort to ensure that countermeasures are distributed and used legally, that dispensers and recipients have the correct information on countermeasure usage, and that liability protections are in place. However, the legislation has created many questions for state and local Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) planners. Many planners have asked how an emergency use authorization (EUA) will affect the dispensing of state caches of medications and whether or not the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act will protect volunteers working in points of dispensing (PODs). This broadcast will explore some of the legal issues facing state and local SNS planners as they prepare for a mass antibiotic dispensing campaign. Experts from federal and state agencies will discuss current legal issues and how planners can use the laws in place to assist them in their dispensing plans. The broadcast will include a live question-and-answer session, and viewers are encouraged to participate.

Goal

To assist state and local public health planners in understanding the complexities of federal legislation relating to mass antibiotic dispensing.

Objective

Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:
  • Define instances when an EUA could be issued
  • Discuss the main concerns addressed by CDC's pre-EUA submission
  • List three entities protected under the PREP Act
  • Describe the information included in a PREP Act declaration
  • Identify two ways the PREP Act will protect state and local planners from legal actions resulting from a mass antibiotic dispensing campaign.
  • Promote health improvement, wellness, and disease prevention in cooperation with patients, communities, at-risk populations, and other members of an inter-professional team of health care providers by assuring the availability of effective, quality health, and disease prevention services.

Target Audience

State, local, territory, and tribal public health officials, state and local SNS and Cities Readiness Initiative planners, emergency managers, and state and local public health law professionals.

Presenters

Susan Gorman, BS, PharmD, MSc, Associate Director of Science, CDC/DSNS

Heather Horton, JD, MHA, Senior Attorney, HHS Office of the General Counsel, CDC/ATSDR

RADM Boris Lushniak, MD, MPH, an Assistant Surgeon General and Assistant Commissioner for Counter Terrorism Policy, FDA

Matthew Penn, JD, Staff Attorney, Office of General Counsel, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Disclosures

  • The use of trade names or commercial sources is for informational purposes only and does not constitute endorsement by the Public Health Service or the United States Department of Health and Human Services or the Public Health Service.
  • Views expressed by guest participants are not necessarily the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • CDC, our planners, and our content experts wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers or commercial services, or commercial supporters.
  • Legal views offered in this program are the opinions of the speakers and do not constitute legal advice from the CDC or HHS.
  • This activity did not receive commercial support of any kind.
  • Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use with the exception of Heather Horton and Dr. Boris Lushniak who will discuss the use of products under an emergency use authorization.

Webcast Information

The webcast is available through the Internet and can be found at http://www2a.cdc.gov/PHTN/webcast/legal/default.asp.

Continuing Education Credits

There is no charge for continuing education. You must register for CE credit using the CDC Training and Education Online system and then complete the course evaluation and posttest.
For Continuing Medical Education for Physicians (CME):

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Continuing Education designated for Non-Physicians:

Non-physicians may obtain a certificate of participation.

For Continuing Nursing Education for Nurses (CNE):

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This activity provides 1.5 contact hours.

For Continuing Education Contact Hours in Health Education (CECH):

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is a designated event for the CHES to receive 1.5 Category I contact hours in health education, CDC provider number GA0082.

IACET Continuing Education Units (CEU):

The CDC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC is authorized by IACET to offer 0.2 IACET CEUs for this program.

For Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE):

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

SB/WC1605
CE expires November 22, 2009

This program is a designated event for pharmacists to receive 1.5 Contact Hours in pharmacy education. The Universal Activity Number is 387-000-09-026-L04-P.

WD/CB/VC/DV1605
CE Originates November 23, 2009
Expires November 23, 2011

This program is a designated event for pharmacists to receive 1.5 Contact Hours in pharmacy education. The Universal Activity Number is 387-000-09-026-H04-P.

The ACPE category of this activity is knowledge.

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Visit the PHTN website at http://www2a.cdc.gov/phtn for further information about this course and other distance learning events.
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This page last reviewed: October 27, 2009
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