Reference no: EM133460307

Questions: The purpose of this exam is to see if you can focus on certain major legal issues in public health law, identify relevant cases/laws/principles, and clearly, concisely, and effectively present your analyses. Except where specifically noted otherwise, for each question you should generally identify the relevant legal issues involved and discuss how a court would analyze each issue, supporting your answer with relevant facts and cases/laws/principles.

• Require all stores within the state selling cloth masks of any type to post a sign by the masks stating "Cloth masks are not as effective at preventing the spread of COVID-19 as surgical or N-95 masks. Use at your own risk." State X decided it was important to post these warnings after an increasing number of studies showed that cloth masks were less effective at filtering COVID-19 virus particles than surgical or N-95 masks.
• Require all children who attend public school within the state to be vaccinated for COVID-19 unless they had received a medical exemption from a licensed physician. No religious exemptions were permitted under state law. Students who had a medical exemption were required to undergo weekly COVID-19 rapid antigen tests in the school nurse's office.
• In accordance with accepted medical and CDC guidelines, State X required any state resident who tested positive for COVID-19 to isolate in their homes/residences for 10 days from the date of symptom onset or positive test, whichever was first. All close contacts of the positive person were required to quarantine in their homes/residences for 14 days from the date of last contact.