The legislation also mandates education for drivers and law enforcement personnel about drowsy driving.
It mandates an education and media campaign, aimed at women under 45 and their physicians, on the early detection of breast cancer.
The standards require physicians to treat pain until it is relieved, when possible, and they mandate education on pain management for doctors, nurses and other health care workers.
However, it is disturbing to note that in a wealthy country where universal health coverage, mandated education and public health provision are available, and where there is still a reasonable social safety net, there are nevertheless striking disparities in levels of early child development.
All medical professional organizations should back mandated education about safe opioid treatment as a prerequisite for licensure and prescribing.
In recent years, two dozen states have passed legislation — New York did so just last November — mandating education and outreach programs or increasing penalties for those who facilitate cutting.
Ms. Salik's childhood witnessed one of the most liberated periods for women in Afghan history, when the communist government took over in 1978 and enforced equality, banned the burqa and mandated education for girls.
That is a code word for his disapproval of the court's record of enforcing the New Jersey Constitution to mandate education reform, affordable housing and other solutions to serious problems.
And some states have passed or are considering laws aimed at curbing concussions in scholastic sports, including mandated education for coaches and immediate removal from play when an athlete suffers a head injury.
Each mandated education for coaches, immediate removal from play of any athlete suspected of a concussion in a game or practice and proper medical clearance before that athlete could return.
If we can manage to have nearly every state pass an anti-bullying law and mandate education on the topic, we surely can gather up the same kind of support to end sexual assault and raise awareness.
