Help Ensure That Public Health Professionals Can Continue to Protect Community Well-Being

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2022

This resource provides a community-level overview of legislative limits to public health authority. ChangeLab Solutions introduces concepts of public health professionals, public health authority, and states of emergency. The report outline types of public health limitations, including preemption, exemptions, and shifting authority, which narrow authority, expand "free exercise," and raise standerds of evidence. Finally, authors explain the implications for public health personnel.