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Health Legislation
Introduction to American Law
E-Health Law |
Ronald L. Scott
Research Professor,
Health Law and Policy Institute
Research Prof. Houston.
b.1951. B.A., 1972; M.A., 1973; J.D., 1976 Univ. of Ok.; LL.M. Health
Law 1996 Houston. Admitted: OK, 1976; TX, 1988; England (Solicitor)
1996. Res. Asst. Prof., Houston, 1996-97, Clinical Prof. 1997-98,
Res. Prof. since 1998. Chief Counsel-North America, Houston 1993-94;
V. P. & Gen. Counsel-Halliburton Geophysical Services, Inc. and
Halliburton Logging Services, Inc., Houston 1989-93; V. P. & Gen.
Counsel-Geophysical Service, Inc., Dallas 1988-89; Sen. Counsel-Europe,
Africa and Middle East, London 1980-88; Attorney, Ok. 1976-80.
Professor Scott is presently
working with the Texas Legislature on a variety of research and policy
issues, with an emphasis on regulation of tobacco, telemedicine and
e-health. His most recent article, Cybermedicine and Virtual
Pharmacies was published in the summer of 2001 in the West
Virginia Law Review. He teaches Health Care Legislation, E-Health
Law, and Introduction to American Law. Prior to obtaining a Master
of Laws in Health Law and his academic appointment, Mr. Scott practiced
corporate and international law. He is admitted as a Solicitor to
the High Court of England and to the bars of Texas and Oklahoma.
Recent Publications
Cybermedicine and Virtual Pharmacies, _
W. Va. Law Rev. _ (forthcoming Summer 2001)
Regulation And Self-Regulation
Of Virtual Pharmacies And Cyber-Consultations (forthcoming Summer 2001).
The National Practitioner
Databank (book
chapter in Risk Management Handbook (forthcoming 2001).
Co-Investigator, Family
Violence and the Health Care System in Texas, Feb., 1997, Health
Law and Policy Institute, Houston.
Cancer and the Law (Texas Cancer Council, 1998).
Choosing a Health
Care Plan (Texas
Cancer Council, 1998).
Small Employers Guide
to Health Care Plans (Texas Cancer Council. 1999).
Review of Metropolitan
Stevedore Company v. Rambo, 117 S. Ct `1153 (1997), and Hughes
Aircraft Co. v. United States ex re. Schumer, 117 S. Ct. 1871
(1997), Health Law News, Sept. 1997.
Prohibitions on Genetic
Discrimination in Insurance and Employment (with Mark A. Rothstein), Houston Business Journal, February 6-12,
1998.
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