Law on the protection of public health.

Subject

Environment gen., Water

Keyword

Access-to-information Radiation Freshwater pollution Pollution control

Geographical area

Asia, 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 from the date of its official publication.

Abstract

The Law consists of 7 Sections composed of 80 articles dealing with the following matters: 1) general provisions (sect. 1, arts. 1-12); 2) medical and pharmaceutical activity (sect. 2, arts. 13-21); 3) the rights and the duties of citizens in the sphere of the protection of public health (sect. 3, arts. 22-43); 4) financing of the state public health institutions (sect. 4, arts. 44-48); 5) functions of the state public health institutions (sect. 5, arts. 49-75); 6) medical care of the population (sect. 6, arts. 76-77); 7) the conclusive provisions (sect. 7, arts. 78-80). The present Law determines and regulates the relations between the state executive bodies, officials, citizens, public associations and enterprises irrespectively of the form of property in the sphere of the protection of public health. The competence of the Cabinet of Ministers shall be to ensure ecological, radiation and environmental safety of the national territory (art. 2). Protection of public health shall be carried out by means of the improvement of environment, sanitary protection of water bodies, soil and atmospheric air (art. 3). The citizens shall have the right to ecological, sanitary and epidemiological, and radiation safety that shall be endorsed by the state (art. 23). The citizens shall have access to environmental information (art. 27).

Full text

Russian

Website

tabiat.narod.ru

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Law No. 1413 “Sanitary Code”.

Legislation | Tajikistan | 2017

Keyword: Hazardous substances, Radiation, Public health, Public participation, Basic legislation, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Certification, Packaging/labelling, Breastfeeding/infant food, Food additives, Processing/handling, Transport/storage, Nutrition, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX