GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research 
  

American Health Lawyers Association: Excellent site for most health laws, federal laws, regulations and the Federal Register
   

Centers for Disease Control
  

Cornell University: Federal and State Laws
  

http://www.cms.gov Department of Health and Human Services (CMS)
  

Fedlaw: Site for Federal laws
  

Findlaw: General site for federal and state laws
  

Food and Drug Administration
    

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
  

Medicare of Northern California (NHIC)
  

Medicare Online Training
  

National Guideline Clearing House
  

Office of the Inspector General
  

Office of Inspector General Exclusions
  

Washburn University, an excellent compendium in one place for all state legislative news and laws.

STATE COURTS, LEGISLATURE AND DEPARTMENTS

California Assembly 
  

California Courts: Opinions of the Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal
  

California Senate
  

Medical Board of California
  

California Department of Health Services
  

California Department of Mental Health
  

Healthy Families

MEDICAL LAWS

EMTALA: A private attorney site with excellent links covering EMTALA
 

Health Hippo: Collection of multiple health laws and policies

ETHICS

Bioethics: Good site on medical ethics below.  Please copy, paste.

http://www.bestonlinecollege.org/bioethics-resources
  

MEDICAL SEARCH ENGINES

Healthcare Legal Resources
  

Health Care Professional Network: A compendium of Policies and Procedures
  

Librarians Index to the Internet
  

Medsurfer: Medical surf engine
  

National Library of Medicine, great site for Medline and other medical search engines

SPECIAL ISSUE SITES

American Medical Association
  

Biz Journals: Weekly medical business stories
  

California Healthline: Daily free subscription E-newsletter on state and national medical events from California Healthcare Foundation
  

California Medical Association
  

HealthLeaders: Daily E-newsletter of national medical interest
  

Medscape: Daily Medical news
  

Nolo Press, good site for general law for the non-lawyer