health crisis definition

health crisis means any crisis or serious incident arising from a threat of human, animal, plant, food or environment origin, having a health dimension and which requires urgent action by authorities;
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health crisis means any crisis commonly perceived as a threat, having a health dimension and which requires urgent action by authorities under conditions of uncertainty;
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health crisis means any crisis or serious incident arising from a threat of human, animal, plant, food, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, environmental or unknown origin, having a health dimension and which requires urgent action by authorities;
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More Definitions of health crisis

health crisis means a crisis or serious incident arising from a threat of human, animal, plant, food, biological, chemical, environmental or unknown origin, which has a public health dimension and which requires urgent action by authorities;
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health crisis means a public health crisis, including the ongoing health crisis related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, or relating to any other virus, flu, epidemic, pandemic or any other similar disease or illness.
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Related to health crisis

  • Health and Human Services Commission or “HHSC” means the administrative agency established under Chapter 531, Texas Government Code, or its designee.

  • Public health authority means an agency or authority of the United States, a state, a territory, a political subdivision of a state or territory, an Indian tribe, or a foreign government, or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is responsible for public health matters as part of its official mandate.

  • Health Care Operations shall have the meaning given to such term under the HIPAA 2 Privacy Rule in 45 CFR § 164.501.

  • Health and Human Services or “HHS” includes HHSC and DSHS.