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| Semester: | Fall 2020 |
| Number: | 0616-302-045 |
| Instructor: | Raymond Webb |
| Note: | Online, Asynchronous |
| Location: | Online |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Course Meets: | September 14 - December 14 |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
Course introduces the Federal, State and local laws that regulate emergency services, national standards influencing emergency services, standard of care, tort, liability, and a review of relevant court cases. The course offers an advanced look at the legal environment and ramifications of emergency services. |
| Learning Goals: |
1. For students to be able to describe the American legal system as it interacts with emergency management and public health issues.2. For students to be able to analyze and explain legal authority at the federal, state, and local levels, placing the issues in historical and contemporary context. 3. For students to be able to identify responder liability and disaster relief methods.4. For students to be be able to describe how the law in this area plays out in the context of real life emergencies where individuals often have to make split-second decisions.5. For students to identify the major legal principles underlying emergency policy and operations.6. For students to be able to understand what the law requires and how to analyze issues for which there is no clear legal answer.7. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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