2015 US Code
Title 2 - The Congress (Sections 1 - 6654)
Chapter 41 - Congressional Officers and Administration (Sections 4101 - 4132)
Subchapter II - Attending Physician (Sections 4121 - 4123)
Sec. 4123 - Authority of Attending Physician in response to medical contingencies or public health emergencies at Capitol
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 41 - CONGRESSIONAL OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION SUBCHAPTER II - ATTENDING PHYSICIAN Sec. 4123 - Authority of Attending Physician in response to medical contingencies or public health emergencies at Capitol |
| Contains | section 4123 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 108-199, div. H, §151, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 448. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 118 Stat. 448 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 108-199 |
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The Attending Physician to Congress shall have the authority and responsibility for overseeing and coordinating the use of medical assets in response to a bioterrorism event and other medical contingencies or public health emergencies occurring within the Capitol Buildings or the United States Capitol Grounds. This shall include the authority to enact quarantine and to declare death. These actions will be carried out in close cooperation and communication with the Commissioner of Public Health, Chief Medical Examiner, and other Public Health Officials of the District of Columbia government.
(b) DefinitionsIn this section—
(1) the term "Capitol Buildings" has the meaning given such term in section 5101 of title 40; and
(2) the term "United States Capitol Grounds" has the meaning given such term in section 5102(a) of title 40.
(c) Effective dateSubsection (a) shall take effect on January 23, 2004, and shall apply during any fiscal year occurring on or after January 23, 2004.
(Pub. L. 108–199, div. H, §151, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 448.)
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 121g of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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