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The Turning Point Model State Public Health Act

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , Winter 2003 , pp. 716 - 720
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2003

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The role of the “public health advisory council” within the Act is limited to providing guidance and assistance to the state public health agency in the development of a comprehensive public health plan in Section 3–107. The Collaborative notes the existence in many states of public health advisory councils or boards of health that have may many additional functions.Google Scholar
For more information on existing state and local public health systems, see Gostin, Lawrence O., Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint (University of California Press and Milbank Memorial Fund, 2000); Gostin, Lawrence O. Hodge, James G. Jr., State Public Health Law: An Assessment (2002) available at <http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/deu/turningpoint/publications.htm>.Google Scholar
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