Public Health Law
HPM 213
Subject & Catalog Number
Course Information
Description
The course is designed to provide students with an overview of what public health law is and how the law can be used to change health outcomes. Primary questions explored include:
1) What authority does the government have to regulate in the interest of public health? and
2) How are individual rights balanced against this authority?
The course investigates these issues as they manifest in a range of specific contexts in public health and medical care, including communicable disease prevention and control, insurance coverage, mental and reproductive health care, pharmaceutical marketing, gun violence prevention, and lead abatement. Instruction is through interactive lectures with significant amount of class discussion. Most classes will revolve around two to three legal cases.
Course Note: No previous background in law is needed.
Class Notes
THIS CLASS HAS PRIORITY ENROLLMENT
Priority Wave Groups
Wave 1 | MPH 45 & 65 HP
Wave 2 | MPH 45 & 65 HP, MPH 45 & 65 HM, HPM SM1, PHS NUT
Wave 3 | Open Enrollment
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Priority Wave Timing
Wave 1 | 1/7/2027 11:00 AM - 1/17/2027 11:59 PM
Wave 2 | 1/18/2027 12:00 AM - 1/20/2027 11:59 PM
Wave 3 | 1/21/2027 12:00 AM Enrollment Deadline (varies by session)
Any student who does not meet the Wave 1 or Wave 2 criteria can add themselves to the waitlist (if enrollment requirements are met) at any time during the enrollment period. At the beginning of each priority wave, students on the waitlist who meet the Wave’s criteria will be automatically enrolled into any remaining seats in the course (pending no time conflicts)
**Cross-Registrants and Non-Degree Students will be enrolled on a space available basis after the enrollment deadline for the course
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
