Law No. I-1553 “On the prevention and control of communicable diseases in humans.”. Country/Territory Lithuania Document type Legislation Date 1996 (2010) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject General Keyword Public health Pests/diseases Insects Quarantine Monitoring Risk assessment/management Disinfection/disinfestation Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on 1 July 2002. Abstract This Law shall set forth the basics in the management of prevention and control of communicable diseases in humans, dispute settlement and damage compensation and liability for the violations of legal acts with regards to the issues involving the control and prevention of communicable diseases in humans, rights and obligations of natural and legal persons in the sphere of the control and prevention of communicable diseases and specific characteristics of the funding of prevention and control of communicable diseases and compensating of the costs thereof. Communicable (infectious and parasitic) diseases in humans means human illnesses due to a specific agent of communicable disease or its toxic products, that are contracted through transmission from other people (an infected person or an agent carrier of communicable disease) animals, insects or through environmental factors. Quarantine communicable diseases means re-emerging communicable diseases the prevention and control whereof is established by acts of the international law. Epidemiological surveillance of communicable diseases means the full spectrum of the prevention and control of communicable diseases, allowing the control of the spread of communicable diseases and limit the conditions for such spread. The Ministry of Health shall establish the procedure of organizing of communicable diseases observation (monitoring) and entities that must implement it. The Ministry of Health shall determine the procedure of mandatory epidemiological analysis and prognosis. The Government shall establish the procedure of the sanitary and medical quarantine protection of the state borders and territory of Lithuania. Enterprises, institutions and organizations must within 24 hours organize mandatory prophylactic elimination of harmful conditions (disinfection, disinsection, deratisation) from its environment, (premises and area) when specialists of the local public healthcare institutions determine that in the buildings or territories belonging to the enterprises, institutions and organizations are present agents of communicable diseases and insects and rodents which spread such. Hygienic norms shall regulate the elimination of harmful conditions from corresponding enterprises, institutions organizations and the modified quarantine objects belonging to them. The purpose of quarantine is to set up a special procedure of work, living, rest, travel of persons, economic and other activity conditions, production of goods, the sale thereof, drinking water supply and provision of services and must limit the spread of communicable diseases. The area quarantine shall be declared and revoked, its scope, boundaries, duration and regime shall be approved by: (a) the Government upon the recommendation of the Minister of Health, throughout the entire territory of the Republic of Lithuania or in several municipalities; and (b) the Government upon a joint recommendation of the Minister of Health and the director of the administration of the municipality, in the area of one municipality. Full text English Website e-seimas.lrs.lt References - Legislation Implemented by Governmental Resolution No. 207 declaring quarantine on the territory of the Republic of Lithuania. Legislation | Lithuania | 2020 (2020) Keyword: Quarantine, Harbour, Nutrition, Vending Source: FAO, FAOLEX Governmental Resolution No. 207 declaring quarantine on the territory of the Republic of Lithuania. Legislation | Lithuania | 2020 (2020) Keyword: Quarantine, Harbour, Nutrition, Vending Source: FAO, FAOLEX