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Emergency Response: Civil Liability of Volunteer Health Professionals
Description
This report discusses the patchwork of federal and state laws that operate to protect volunteers, which can include volunteer health professionals (VHPs), and those laws that trigger liability protection only for VHPs — with a focus on some of the midwestern states in addition to the Gulf region.
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Description
This report discusses the patchwork of federal and state laws that operate to protect volunteers, which can include volunteer health professionals (VHPs), and those laws that trigger liability protection only for VHPs — with a focus on some of the midwestern states in addition to the Gulf region.
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Chu, Vivian S.Emergency Response: Civil Liability of Volunteer Health Professionals,
report,
January 19, 2011;
Washington D.C..
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc122191/:
accessed April 17, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.