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Title

  • Main Title Mandatory Vaccinations: Precedent and Current Laws

Creator

  • Author: Swendiman, Kathleen S.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Legislative Attorney

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2011-02-24

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report provides an overview of the legal precedent for mandatory vaccination laws, and of state laws that require certain individuals or populations, including school-aged children and health care workers, to be vaccinated against various communicable diseases. Also discussed are state laws providing for mandatory vaccinations during a public health emergency or outbreak of a communicable disease.
  • Physical Description: 9 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Medicine
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Vaccination - State laws
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Vaccination - Law - U.S.
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: State and local government

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: RS21414
  • Accession or Local Control No: RS21414_2011Feb24
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc31489
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