Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Clint Hermes contributed to the Vaccine, Vaccination, and Immunization Law, Third Edition that was published by the American Health Law Association (AHLA). The latest edition contains expanded and updated coverage of all areas of vaccine law, including recent developments in regulation, intellectual property, and public and private vaccination mandates. New chapters have been added on clinical trials, vaccine injury compensation outside the NVICP, and the law governing the interplay of vaccines and animals, both as test subjects and vaccine recipients.
This comprehensive reference work addresses:
- Limitations on employers’ ability to require employees to receive vaccinations.
- Constitutional, common law, and statutory frameworks for individual objections to vaccine mandates.
- Rationing vaccines in the event of a shortage Privacy considerations surrounding individuals’ vaccination status.
- State and municipal requirements regarding vaccines for certain classes of persons.
- State regulation of physicians, pharmacists, and others who prescribe and administer vaccines.
- Compensation and potential liability relating to vaccine injury claims.
- Protocols for responding to an epidemic, pandemic, or bioterror attack using an infectious disease.
The Vaccine, Vaccination, and Immunization Law, Third Edition is available through LexisNexis here.