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egards the second question, further questions need to be addressed, such as: Could Europeanand Swiss law schools adopt the existing MSL and TJ curricula or at least some pertinentcourses of other law schools? If so, how could or indeed should the teaching of MSL and TJ beadapted to the specific characteristics and needs of European, and more specifically, of Swisslegal (further) education? Should MSL and TJ be taught together or separately? What would bethe pros and cons? Could MSL and TJ also be integrated into the teaching of other disciplines,such as legal psychology, legal pedagogy, and legal theory? If so how? What would be the prosand cons? In tackling these questions, the purpose of this paper is to foster the introduction ofMSL and TJ as legal disciplines to be taught not only in European universities but also in furtherlegal education, law firms, state agencies, courts, and so forth.202. Therapeutic or Anti-Therapeutic? Health Care Policy Choicesin the United StatesPhysician-Patient Communication … Now Against the law?Monica Broome, University of Miami (mbroome@med.miami.edu)In January 2010, Florida House Bill 155 was filed to prohibit licensed practitioners from askingand or documenting whether a person owns a gun. The bill also prohibits licensed practitionersfrom dismissing a patient who refuses to answer questions about gun ownership. Breaking thislaw would be a 3 rd degree felony, with punishment up to five years jail time and a five milliondollar fine, no exceptions. This presentation will provide a brief history of House Bill 155, thesubsequent amendments, and current standing. It will then engage participants in a livelydiscussion of the legal and medical issues regarding interference in the practitioner-patientrelationship related, but not limited, to the following questions:How is this law possible, and how did its passage happen?What are the stakes?What about concerns for safety?Are we interfering in a relationship that has always been seen as exempt from such interference?Do we need to limit physician autonomy?Is patient privacy being protected with this law?Are we protecting patients from discrimination?The Therapeutic Value of Mandated Reporting of Poor Diabetes Control: theCase of the New York City Department of Health’s A1C RegistryAlina M. Perez, Nova Southeastern University (amp@nova.edu)485