Law on the protection of public health. Pays/Territoire Turkménistan Type du document Législation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Environnement gén. Mot clé Planification environnementale Normes environnementales Politique/planification Normes Protection de l’environnement Aire géographique Asie, Mer Caspienne, Asie Centrale, CEI (Communauté des États indépendants), Europe et Asie Centrale, Nations en développement sans littoral, Asie du Nord Entry into force notes The Law enters into force from the date of its official publication. Résumé The present Law is aimed at safeguarding the constitutional right of citizens to protection of human health. Protection of public health is carrying out sanitary and hygienic, recreational and anti-epidemic arrangements for the purpose of ensuring physical and psychic health of each single citizen (art. 1). The Cabinet of Ministers shall carry out the following functions in the sphere of the protection of public health: 1) management and regulation in the sphere of sanitary protection of the national territory, nature management, environmental protection and ecological safety; 2) organization of activity aimed at ensuring sanitary and ecological well-being of the population (art. 7). Texte intégral Russe Site web www.turkmenistan.gov.tm