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Communicable Disease Control Law No.121 of 1963.

Pays/Territoire
Iraq
Type du document
Législation
Date
1963
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Environnement gén., Général
Mot clé
Santé publique Parasites/maladies Questions de procédures
Aire géographique
Asie, Moyen-Orient, Afrique du Nord et Proche-Orient, Golfe Persique, Asie Occidentale
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force 30 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Résumé

This Law is the result of the merge of the Septic Disease Act No. 50 of 1926 and the Law of vaccination against smallpox No.1 of 1922 (the two Laws are repealed by art.25) following the advice of a Commission of experts of the World Health Organization. It consists of 27 articles and attributes to the Minister of Health full responsibility for issuing any statement regarding the necessary measure, whether from a preventive point of view or in terms of combating any of the diseases included in the list attached to this Law, with the aim of preventing the transmission of infection from humans or animals or by insects or any other means. The health authorities (i) at local level may enter any place or dwelling at any time if there is a suspicion that there is an infection in it with one of the communicable diseases designated by the Minister of Health; (ii) at national level may issue to the owners of public places, whether for housing or other purposes, the orders to prevent the transmission of the disease, and they must implement these orders within 24 hours from the date of their notification, otherwise the health authority may implement them and take legal measures against violators. Article 5 indicates who are the people who must, within 12 hours, notify the health authorities of cases, or suspected cases, of communicable disease. Subsequent articles prescribe intervention measures. Article 13 deals with the case in which a contagious disease occurs in an institution, school, or institute. The Minister of Health may issue a statement to isolate, control, or move people, animals, goods, or anything else that is likely to be contaminated with disease germs from one place to another inside Iraq (art.17). Smallpox vaccination is mandatory for children within three months of birth and cannot be accepted into schools without a certificate attesting to it.

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