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Ley Nº 67 - Ley Orgánica de Salud.

Country/Territory
Ecuador
Document type
Legislation
Date
2006
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Registro Oficial Nº 423 Suplemento, 22 de diciembre de 2006.
Subject
Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Water
Keyword
Environmental standards Waste disposal Waste management Pollution control Noise pollution Hazardous waste Indigenous peoples Standards Protection of environment Human rights Nutrition Food security Hygiene/sanitary procedures Treated food Food additives Inspection Consumer protection Food quality control/food safety Potable water Fraud Packaging/labelling Water quality standards Water supply
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Andean States, East Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, South-Eastern Pacific
Abstract

La presente Ley tiene tiene como finalidad regular las acciones que permitan efectivizar el derecho universal a la salud. Se rige por los principios de equidad, integralidad, solidaridad, universalidad, irrenunciabilidad, indivisibilidad, participación, pluralidad, calidad y eficiencia, con enfoque de derechos, intercultural, de género, generacional y bioético. La salud es el completo estado de bienestar físico, mental y social y no solamente la ausencia de afecciones o enfermedades. Es un derecho humano inalienable, indivisible, irrenunciable e intransigible, cuya protección y garantía es responsabilidad primordial del Estado, y el resultado de un proceso colectivo de interacción donde Estado, sociedad, familia e individuos convergen para la construcción de ambientes, entornos y estilos de vida saludables.

Full text
Spanish
Website
www.registroficial.gov.ec

References - Legislation

Amends

Decreto Nº 4114 - Reglamento de alimentos. Texto refundido.

Legislation | Ecuador | 1988 (2006)

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Nutrition, Food security, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Treated food, Food additives, Inspection, Consumer protection, Potable water, Waste management, Internal trade, Vending, Processing/handling, Packaging/labelling, Fraud

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Decreto Nº 1.395 - Reglamento parcial a la Ley Nº 67, Ley Orgánica de Salud.

Legislation | Ecuador | 2008

Keyword: Local government, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Acuerdo Nº 126-2020 ─ Declara el Estado de Emergencia Sanitaria en todos los establecimientos del Sistema Nacional de Salud, en los servicios de laboratorio, unidades de epidemiología y control, ambulancias aéreas, servicios de médicos y paramédicos, hospitalización y consulta externa por la inminente posibilidad del efecto provocado por el coronavirus COVID-19, y prevenir un posible contagio masivo en la población.

Legislation | Ecuador | 2020

Keyword: Public health, Social protection, Risk assessment/management, Transport/storage, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Internal trade, International trade, Access-to-information, Quarantine

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Ley Orgánica de Incentivos para Asociaciones Público-Privadas y la Inversión Extranjera.

Legislation | Ecuador | 2015

Keyword: Public private partnership (PPP), Business/industry/corporations, Fiscal and market measures, Access-to-information, Social protection, Property rights, Public participation, Framework law, Consumer protection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Código Orgánico del Ambiente (COA).

Legislation | Ecuador | 2017

Keyword: Agricultural development, Family farming, Food sovereignty, Farming, Framework law, Protection of environment, Institution, Environmental planning, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, EIA, Capacity building, Environmental audit, Recycling/reuse, Waste management, Inspection, Environmental standards, Sustainable development, Coastal zone management, Climate change, Education, Protected area, Policy/planning, Standards, Basic legislation, Forestry protection measures, Public forest, Private forest, Afforestation/reforestation, Processing/handling, Transport/storage, Subsidy/incentive, Protection forest, Research, Timber, Special fund, Pests/diseases, Offences/penalties, National parks, Sustainable use, Forest management/forest conservation, Waste prevention, Monitoring, Freshwater resources management, Right to water, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control, Human rights, Biodiversity, Protection of habitats, Plant variety, Precautionary principle

Source: FAO, FAOLEX