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Law No. 111-1 on protection of human health.

Country/Territory
Kazakhstan
Document type
Legislation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Environmental standards Radiation Data collection/reporting Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Entry into force notes
The Law enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Law establishes legal, economic and social grounds for the protection of public health. Employers shall be responsible to ensure ecological well-being of citizens, reporting to state supervision authority on the state of natural environment and working environment (art. 9). Ecological, sanitary, epidemiological and radiation safety of the population shall be ensured by complex arrangements carried out by the competent state authority (art. 13). Citizens shall be granted the right to ecological, sanitary, epidemiological and radiation safety. The state shall ensure conservation of favourable natural environment in accordance with the established standards preventing negative impact on public health (art. 47).

Full text
Russian
Website
www.government.kz