HLTH 3340 - Health Law and Regulation

Prerequisite: HLTH 2200. This course introduces students to the constitutional limits and policy choices that have led to the current legal environment governing healthcare in the United States. Its focus is the major areas where administrative law and policy create the basic fabric for the regulation of pharmaceuticals, the control and prevention of infectious disease, allocation of scarce healthcare resources, and public health. Students will participate in simulated court action, simulated legislative debate, and a simulation of an epidemic response task force. 3 credits.