PH 360 - Health Law

Units: 3
Current federal and state health legislation, regulations, and standards. Historical development of various health programs, policies and procedures and their current legal status. Discussion of key court cases which have shaped health law in the US.

Prerequisites: PH 110.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Describe the role of law in shaping public health, the health system, and the environment
Explain how laws function both to create and remedy health disparities and inequities
Explain how laws can be used to promote and protect health across populations
Apply key legal principles to problems in public health, health care, and the environment
Analyze the social, political, economic, and ecological rationale for key health laws.