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Congressional Acts (U.S. Code) and Current Legislation (Bills)
LII (Legal Information Institute) housed at Cornell University Law School is a non profit organization that provides access to current public legal information.
Office of the Law Revision Council
Prepares and publishes U. S. code.
The Library of Congress
Legislative information from the Library of Congress
U.S. Supreme Court and Federal Court Opinions
LII (Legal Information Institute) housed at Cornell University Law School is a non profit organization that provides access to current public legal information.
FindLaw for Legal Professionals
Search databases for U.S. Supreme and Circuit Court case decisions.
Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations and other Federal Publications
The U.S Government Printing Office (GPO) provides publishing and dissemination services for the official and authentic government publications to Congress, Federal agencies, Federal depository libraries, and the American public.
About the Law: Affordable Care Act
Information about the Affordable Care Act from The US Department of Health & Human Services
Health Coverage: Rights & Protections
Patient rights and protections from HealthCare.gov

Tennessee State Law

North Carolina State Law

Georgia State Law

General

State Statutes
All state statutes by topic provided by LII (Legal Information Institute) of Cornell University Law School.

Tennessee

TDOH: Tennessee Department of Health
Tennessee Board of Nursing
Governs the qualifications required for all who practice nursing in the state of Tennessee.
Tennessee Board of Occupational Therapy
Governs the qualifications required for Occupational Therapists and OTAs to practice in the state of Tennessee.
Tennessee Board of Pharmacy
Governs the conduct, standards of practice, licensure, and compliance of Pharmacists in the state of Tennessee.
Tennessee Board of Physical Therapy
Governs the qualifications required for Physical Therapists to practice in the state of Tennessee.
Tennessee Committee on Physician Assistants
Governs the qualifications required for Physician Assistants to practice in the state of Tennessee.
TennCare
State of Tennessee’s Medicaid program

North Carolina

NC Department of Health and Human Services
North Carolina Board of Nursing
Governs the qualifications required for all who practice nursing in the state of North Carolina.
North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy
Governs the qualifications required for Physical Therapists and PTAs to practice in the state of North Carolina.
North Carolina Board of Occupational Therapy
Governs the qualifications required for Occupational Therapists and OTAs to practice in the state of North Carolina.
NC Medicaid

Georgia

Georgia Department of Human Services
Georgia Board of Nursing
Governs the qualifications required for all who practice nursing in the state of Georgia.
Georgia Composite Medical Board
Governs the qualifications required for many practitioners, including Physician Assistants, to practice in the state of Georgia.
Georgia Medicaid

Rominger Legal
Web based legal research
FindLaw
Find lawyers and answers to legal questions
Law.com
Access news, publications, research, and jobs in the legal profession
AllLaw.com
“The Internet’s Premiere Law Portal”
Meta Index for U.S. Legal Research
An online service of University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
LAWGURU
Free public and private legal advice

AMA Journal Ethics
High-stakes ethics decisions are common in health care. What should you do? Each month, the AMA Journal of Ethics’ podcast, Ethics Talk, features interviews with influential experts and leaders on a wide range of cultural, historical, legal, and social topics in health care ethics. We sort through interesting, important, and difficult questions, talk about how to weigh competing values, and offer strategies for navigating real world tough cases.
Medical Ethics, University of Oxford
Podcast on medical ethics from the University of Oxford