§4123 Authority of Attending Physician in Response to Medical Contingencies or Public Health Emergencies at Capitol

Summary

The Attending Physician to Congress must run and coordinate medical response to a bioterror attack or other medical or public‑health emergency in the Capitol Buildings or on the U.S. Capitol Grounds. The physician can order quarantines, declare deaths, and must work with D.C. public‑health leaders like the Commissioner of Public Health and the Chief Medical Examiner. The place names come from Title 40, §§5101 and 5102(a). This took effect January 23, 2004, and applies in any fiscal year on or after that date.