Federal Executive Power and Communicable Disease Control: CDC Quarantine Regulations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published official notice of proposed "Control of Communicable Diseases" regulations that empower the federal government to deprive individuals both of civil liberties and of economic interests. Here, Gostin offers his views on...

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Published in:The Hastings Center report 2006-03, Vol.36 (2), p.10-11
Main Author: Gostin, Larry O. (Larry Ogalthorpe)
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bioethics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) - legislation & jurisprudence
Civil liberties
Communicable Disease Control - economics
Communicable Disease Control - legislation & jurisprudence
Communicable Disease Control - methods
Communicable diseases
Company business management
Control
Federal Government
Freedom
Government regulation
Humans
Laws, regulations and rules
Management
Power
Privacy
Public health
Public Health - legislation & jurisprudence
Quarantine
Quarantine - economics
Quarantine - legislation & jurisprudence
Quarantine - methods
Regulation
United States
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Summary:The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published official notice of proposed "Control of Communicable Diseases" regulations that empower the federal government to deprive individuals both of civil liberties and of economic interests. Here, Gostin offers his views on the scope of the CDC quarantine regulations and to what extent do these powers conform to the rule of law.
ISSN:0093-0334
1552-146X
1552-146X
DOI:10.1353/hcr.2006.0023