Legal implications

Morris, N. (1994), Linking genes, behavior and responsibility legal implications , in M. Frankel and A. Teich (Eds), The Genetic Frontier, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, pp. 155-160. 

Rothstein, M.A., and RG. Epps, "Ethical and Legal Implications of Pharmaco-genomics," Nat. Rev. Genet., 2, 228-231 (2001b). 

L.M. Wakeen, Legal implications of using drugs and devices in the dental office, J. Public Health Dent. 52 (1992) 403 08. 

DMT is a DBA Schedule 1 substance, which means the government believes it is dangerously open to abuse and has no medical value. Its administration and consumption in the United States are illegal. I am not certain as to the legal implications of drinking ayahuasca, but colleagues tell me that there have been several arrests for possession of ayahuasca or its component plants. 

Lynch HT, Quinn T, Severin MJ. Diethylstilbestrol, terato-genesis and carcinogenesis medical/legal implications of its long-term sequelae, including third-generation effects. Int J Risk Safety Med 1990 1 171. 

These advances have brought ethical, economic, and legal implications to the granting of patents for all or parts of living things, even if genetically modified. This has led many countries, among them Brazil, to establish... 

It remains to be seen how the debates in the US and its Congress develop and what the legal implications might be, but if TSCA were to develop gradually in accordance with the suggestions above, it could well mature into a legal system with the same protective functions as REACH, or preferably into something even better. 

All recommendations should be decided upon in a sound, rational, technical manner when all alternatives have been identified and studied. If such documentation is not prepared, future possible accident investigations may query legal implications. 

State laws on mandatory vaccination vary considerably in the legal implications for nurses and administrators. Typically, it is the individual who falls within the class required to be vaccinated who bears the legal burden. Thus, laws that condition the attendance in public schools on first having a vaccination for a particular disease typically bar the individual from school if there is no vaccination. Other laws may impose a criminal fine or other criminal penalty on the individual who refuses to be vaccinated. In some cases, state laws may allow for the isolation or quarantine of individuals who refuse to be vaccinated. Some state laws may require that health professionals, including nurses, inform certain patients about vaccination requirements and might possibly require some action, such as notification to a local or state health department, if the vaccination is refused. Nurses will need to check with the legal counsel of their hospital for the specific requirements in their state. 

Each of these problems has important legal implications for optometrists. 

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