Exam 3: Powers and Responsibilities of Government

whats the agency with the appropriate description. -Regulates vaccines and diagnostic tests, animal drugs, and cosmetics

whats the federal department with the appropriate function. -Supervises school health and safety programs

When the federal government wants to encourage some public health measure, it often makes funding for some other program, such as highway construction, to the states contingent on compliance with federal wishes.

As recently as the late 19^th century, milk was commonly watered down, then doctored with __________________ to make it look normal.

whats the federal department with the appropriate function. -Administers its own health and medical services

The body of public health law is massive, consisting of all the written statements relating to health by any of the three branches of government at the federal, state, and local levels.

Individual states have total flexibility in how to administer the Medicaid program.

The Constitution, the _____________________, includes among the fundamental purposes of government, "to promote the general welfare."

Whats the corresponding year of the event? -It was decided that the American with Disabilities Act could not be enforced against a state

whats the agency with the appropriate description. -Carries out programs dealing with water pollution, air pollution, and toxic substances control

Despite the lack of explicit constitutional authority, the federal government has established a significant presence in public health.

Because which amendment states that "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution…are reserved to the states respectively," public health has been a responsibility primarily of the states?

whats the agency with the appropriate description. -The main assessment and epidemiologic agency for the nation

The creation of _____________________ to regulate public health in the workplace came through the interstate commerce clause.

Police powers can be invoked to prevent someone from causing _____________________ to him or herself.

Whatsn the appropriate descriptio of the publication? -An expose of brutal and filthy conditions in the Chicago stockyards

Whatsn the appropriate descriptio of the publication? -Discusses new infectious diseases that occur naturally as well as potential bioterrorist threats

Regulation of the environment for sanitary purposes is an important part of public health.

Whats the corresponding year of the event? -Congress removed the financial penalty for lack of motorcycle helmet laws

In the 1990s, the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice William Rehnquist, began a trend known as ___________________, which limited Congress's powers and returned authority to the states.