Sentences with phrase «including public health authorities»

In an attempt to discourage these people from eating too much, many people — including public health authorities — exaggerate the potential dangers of these foods.

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Other pain points included drug pricing and how approving more generics may affect costs (Gottlieb parried that question by noting the FDA doesn't have the authority to negotiate prices or consider pricing when approving a drug) and his alleged softness on opioid drug makers due the aforementioned financial ties and pro-industry ideology (the nominee noted that he considers opioid addiction and overdoses a public health crisis «on the order of Ebola and Zika»).

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 18 -2-25a (2013) requires the governing authority of each public and nonpublic elementary school, middle school, junior high school and high school, working through guidance approved by the department of health and communicated through the department of education, to do the following: (A) Adopt guidelines and other pertinent information and forms as approved by the department of health to inform and educate coaches, school administrators, youth athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature, risk and symptoms of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after concussion or head injury; (B) Require annual completion by all coaches, whether the coach is employed or a volunteer, and by school athletic directors of a concussion recognition and head injury safety education course program approved by the department.

The Chicago Food Policy Action Council and the Food Chain Workers Alliance have played a leadership role in the City's adoption of the Program by supporting the Chicago Good Food Taskforce organized by the Mayor's Office including multiple City of Chicago Sister Agencies (Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Park District, Chicago City Colleges, Chicago Housing Authority) and Departments (Department of Public Health, Department of Family and Support Services, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Aviation, and Procurement).

However, despite opposition from medical authorities, public health official and the police, many parents in Western socieities are increasingly adopting night - time infant caregiving patterns that include some cosleeping, especially by those mothers who choose to breastfeed.

Public Health England's Child Health Profiles provide a picture of child health and wellbeing for each local authority in England using 32 key health indicators (including breastfeeding initiation and rates at 6 - 8 weeks), and enables comparison at local, regional and national lHealth England's Child Health Profiles provide a picture of child health and wellbeing for each local authority in England using 32 key health indicators (including breastfeeding initiation and rates at 6 - 8 weeks), and enables comparison at local, regional and national lHealth Profiles provide a picture of child health and wellbeing for each local authority in England using 32 key health indicators (including breastfeeding initiation and rates at 6 - 8 weeks), and enables comparison at local, regional and national lhealth and wellbeing for each local authority in England using 32 key health indicators (including breastfeeding initiation and rates at 6 - 8 weeks), and enables comparison at local, regional and national lhealth indicators (including breastfeeding initiation and rates at 6 - 8 weeks), and enables comparison at local, regional and national levels.

The audience for this Framework includes national policy - makers, programme managers, regional advisory bodies, public health authorities, Country Coordinating Mechanisms, United Nations staff, professional bodies, nongovernmental organizations and other interested stakeholders, including the community.

Additional trustees of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System Board include: Alan J. Bedenko, partner, Feldman Kieffer, LLP and a writer; Katie Burd, trustee, Kenmore Village; Frank Gist, retired Buffalo firefighter and owner of Greater Buffalo Bail Bonds Agency; Teresa Glanowski, product manager, Independent Health; Phyllis A. Horton, retired educator; Elaine M. Panty, retired City of Buffalo Water Authority; and Wayne D. Wisbaum, partner, Kavinoky Cook, LLP.

It's also important to note that for the past two years the Department has sought legislation to modernize and enhance our authority over the licensed professions, including the authority to issue summary suspensions of individuals» licenses where there is an imminent danger to the public's health or safety.

Swift action by Malaysian and international public - health authorities, including the Centers for Disease Control, kept the Nipah outbreak under control for several years.

Key strategies included harnessing the full authority of the City health department and mobilizing the existing workforce to focus on targeted reforms, according to a study in the March / April issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Prahealth department and mobilizing the existing workforce to focus on targeted reforms, according to a study in the March / April issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and PraHealth Management and Practice.

The outbreak began in November 2016, and was immediately recognised and reported to provincial public health authorities in Pakistan, where investigation into possible sources and control measures including use of a vaccine are ongoing.

So that students and staff are able to respond appropriately, emergency plans and procedures should be developed and maintained in coordination with appropriate local, state, and federal agencies, including local public health, police, fire departments, transit authorities, or other agencies and first responders.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is committed to protecting current and former Federal employees and applicants for employment from interference and retaliation when making protected disclosures, or «whistleblowing,» which includes disclosing information related to a violation of law, rule, or regulation; gross mismanagement; gross waste of funds; abuse of authority; or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.

That might include the authorities like public health and doctors.

-- Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator, taking into consideration the public health and environmental impacts of black carbon emissions, including the effects on global and regional warming, the Arctic, and other snow and ice - covered surfaces, shall propose regulations under the existing authorities of this Act to reduce emissions of black carbon or propose a finding that existing regulations promulgated pursuant to this Act adequately regulate black carbon emissions.

Protected health information is any information created or received by care providers, health plans, life insurance companies, public health authority, employer, educational institution or healthcare clearinghouse in any form including oral or electronic.

Mr. Grossman updated the chapter «Products Liability Claims and Chapter 93A,» which covers the products liability state of the law, including attorney general regulations regarding scope of rulemaking authority, as well as regulations concerning breaches of warranty and protection of public health, safety and welfare.

The LAA announced in its headline intentions document in January 2017, that contracts in the following areas of law would be awarded to organisations meeting its suitability tests and able to meet quality standards: Family; Housing, Debt and Welfare Benefits; Immigration & Asylum (including IRCs); Claims against Public Authorities (currently known as «Actions Against the Police etc»); Community Care; Clinical Negligence; Mental Health; and Public Law.

While whistleblowers may have a legal right to report wrongdoings, including imminent health and safety threats or environmental crimes, to a «lawful authority,» going public is rarely, if ever, permitted.

Her employer clients include City financial institutions, manufacturing and IT businesses, law firms, public bodies, universities, retail giants, charities, health authorities, local councils, and small businesses.

Our clients include insurers, large corporates, and public sector bodies such as Strategic Health Authorities and educational institutions.

Health oversight agency means an agency or authority of the United States, a State, a territory, a political subdivision of a State or territory, or an Indian tribe, or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is authorized by law to oversee the health care system (whether public or private) or government programs in which health information is necessary to determine eligibility or compliance, or to enforce civil rights laws for which health information is relHealth oversight agency means an agency or authority of the United States, a State, a territory, a political subdivision of a State or territory, or an Indian tribe, or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is authorized by law to oversee the health care system (whether public or private) or government programs in which health information is necessary to determine eligibility or compliance, or to enforce civil rights laws for which health information is relhealth care system (whether public or private) or government programs in which health information is necessary to determine eligibility or compliance, or to enforce civil rights laws for which health information is relhealth information is necessary to determine eligibility or compliance, or to enforce civil rights laws for which health information is relhealth information is relevant.

As defined in the final rule, the definition of «public health authority» at § 164.501 continues to include OSHA as a public health authority.

For example, if under § 164.512 (b), a covered entity discloses the same protected health information to a public health authority for the same purpose every month, it can account for those disclosures by including in the accounting the date of the first disclosure, the public health authority to whom the disclosures were made and the public health authority's address, a brief description of the information disclosed, a brief description of the purpose of the disclosures, the fact that the disclosures were made every month during the accounting period, and the date of the most recent disclosure.

Therefore, the final rule defines this term as an agency or authority of the United States, a state, a territory, a political subdivision of a state or territory, or an Indian tribe, or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is responsible for public health matters as part of its official mandate.

The NPRM would have allowed covered entities to disclose protected health information without individual authorization to: (1) A public health authority authorized by law to collect or receive such information for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability, including, but not limited to, the reporting of disease, injury, vital events such as birth or death, and the conduct of public health surveillance, public health investigations, and public health interventions; (2) a public health authority or other appropriate authority authorized by law to receive reports of child abuse or neglect; (3) a person or entity other than a governmental authority that could demonstrate or demonstrated that it was acting to comply with requirements or direction of a public health authority; or (4) a person who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or may otherwise be at risk of contracting or spreading a disease or condition and was authorized by law to be notified as necessary in the conduct of a public health intervention or investigation.

Other common exemptions include disclosures for emergency care, and for disclosures to government authorities (such as a department of public health).

In the final rule, we include the following as additional examples of health oversight activities: (1) The U.S. Department of Justice's civil rights enforcement activities, and in particular, enforcement of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (42 U.S.C. 1997 - 1997j) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), as well as the EEOC's civil rights enforcement activities under titles I and V of the ADA; (2) the FDA's oversight of food, drugs, biologics, devices, and other products pursuant to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) and the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.); and (3) data analysis — performed by a public agency or by a person or entity acting under grant of authority from or under contract with a public agency — to detect health care health oversight activities: (1) The U.S. Department of Justice's civil rights enforcement activities, and in particular, enforcement of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (42 U.S.C. 1997 - 1997j) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), as well as the EEOC's civil rights enforcement activities under titles I and V of the ADA; (2) the FDA's oversight of food, drugs, biologics, devices, and other products pursuant to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) and the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.); and (3) data analysis — performed by a public agency or by a person or entity acting under grant of authority from or under contract with a public agency — to detect health care Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.); and (3) data analysis — performed by a public agency or by a person or entity acting under grant of authority from or under contract with a public agency — to detect health care Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.); and (3) data analysis — performed by a public agency or by a person or entity acting under grant of authority from or under contract with a public agency — to detect health care public agency or by a person or entity acting under grant of authority from or under contract with a public agency — to detect health care public agency — to detect health care health care fraud.

(i) A public health authority that is authorized by law to collect or receive such information for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability, including, but not limited to, the reporting of disease, injury, vital events such as birth or death, and the conduct of public health surveillance, public health investigations, and public health interventions; or, at the direction of a public health authority, to an official of a foreign government agency that is acting in collaboration with a public health authority;

Public health authority means an agency or authority of the United States, a State, a territory, a political subdivision of a State or territory, or an Indian tribe, or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is responsible for public health matters as part of its official maPublic health authority means an agency or authority of the United States, a State, a territory, a political subdivision of a State or territory, or an Indian tribe, or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is responsible for public health matters as part of its official mapublic agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is responsible for public health matters as part of its official mapublic agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is responsible for public health matters as part of its official mapublic health matters as part of its official mandate.

The proposed rule would have defined «health oversight agency» as «an agency, person, or entity, including the employees or agents thereof, (1) That is: (i) A public agency; or (ii) A person or entity acting under grant of authority from or contract with a public agency; and (2) Which performs or oversees the performance of any audit; investigation; inspection; licensure or discipline; civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding or action; or other activity necessary for appropriate oversight of the health care system, of government benefit programs for which health information is relevant to beneficiary eligibility, or of government regulatory programs for which health information is necessary for determining compliance with program standards.»

Response: The final rule permits a covered entity to disclose protected health information to a public health authority authorized by law to conduct public health activities, including the collection of data relevant to death or disease, in accordance with § 164.512 (b).

Named authorities — including most public bodies in the health, education and local government sectors — also have specific duties.

It is a threat because the number of historic buildings which are being declared redundant by public sector owners — and this is not just local authorities, but also includes the Ministry of Defence, fire services, health trusts and so on — exceeds the number of community groups and commercial developers able to take them on.»