Emergency Response : Civil Liability of Volunteer Health Professionals.

Sketches various Federal and State liability protections available to volunteer health professionals responding to disasters generally, covering Volunteer Protection Acts, good samaritan statutes, emergency powers and public health emergency statutes, and emergency mutual aid agreements.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Disaster relief. Medical personnel. Public health. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Sketches various Federal and State liability protections available to volunteer health professionals responding to disasters generally, covering Volunteer Protection Acts, good samaritan statutes, emergency powers and public health emergency statutes, and emergency mutual aid agreements.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.