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Public health law (except environmental health), including communicable disease control and bioterrorism; medical confidentiality; medical treatment of minors; jail health; immigrant eligibility for public health services; language assistance for limited-English speakers; powers and duties of local boards of health and local health directors
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Jill Moore joined the Institute of Government in 1997, following a one-year judicial clerkship with the Honorable Willis P. Whichard, Supreme Court of North Carolina. At the School of Government, Moore regularly offers or participates in educational conferences for local health directors, public health nurse supervisors, local health department employees, and others with an interest in public health law. Along with faculty member Aimee Wall, she maintains a website devoted to North Carolina public health law. Moore earned a BSPH, MPH, and JD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Mental health law, including involuntary commitment law and procedure; privacy of behavioral healthcare records; local government responsibility for publicly funded mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services; administration and governance of area authorities; legal responsibilities of area boards; psychotherapist liability for dangerous patients; advance directives for mental health treatment
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Mark Botts joined the School of Government (then the Institute of Government) in 1992. Prior to that, he served judicial clerkships with the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan. Botts' publications include A Legal Manual for Area Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Boards in North Carolina. Mark holds a BA from Albion College and a JD from the University of Michigan School of Law.
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