Health Legislation

This document provides highlights of the national budget for health for the years 2023-2025.

These Regulations regulate the surveillance and the control of notifiable medical conditions in South Africa.

These are the guidelines for the registration, renewal, change in characteristics and extension in range of both imported and locally manufactured registered pharmaceutical products.

This Act establishes the Pharmacy Council of Mauritius and provides for better regulation of the profession of pharmacists.

The Act promotes the protection of personal information processed by public and private bodies; introduces certain conditions so as to establish minimum requirements for the processing of personal information; provides for the establishment of an Information Regulator to exercise certain powers and to perform certain duties and functions in terms of this Act and the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000; provides for the issuing of codes of conduct; provides for the rights of persons regarding unsolicited electronic communications and automated decision making; etc.

This Act regulates the conduct of clinical trials for medicinal products in Mauritius.

This Act establishes the legal framework for the collection, analysis, and use of DNA samples for criminal investigations, paternity testing, and identification purposes and establishes the DNA Population Statistical Database, as well as the Unidentified and Missing Persons Database.

This Act regulates the private insurance industry by setting out the legal framework for the licensing, operation, and supervision of insurance companies, ensuring solvency, etc.

This Act establishes the framework for regulation of data protection and establishes the Data Protection Office and its mandate, etc.

This Act repeals and replaces the Nursing Council Act of 1992 to make further and better provisions for the establishment, composition and functioning of a Nursing Council, to establish a disciplinary Tribunal and to better regulate and control the nursing and midwifery professions.

This Act provides a framework for a structured uniform health system within the Republic, taking into account the obligations imposed by the Constitution and other laws on the national, provincial and local governments with regard to health services; and provides for matters connected therewith.

This Act establishes a legal framework for the regulation, development, and promotion of the information and communication technology sector, including provisions for electronic transactions, data protection and cybersecurity.

This Act provides for an integrated and co-ordinated disaster management policy that focuses on preventing or reducing the risk of disasters, mitigating the severity of disasters, emergency preparedness, rapid and effective response to disasters and post-disaster recovery and rehabilitation; regulates the establishment and functioning of national, provincial and municipal disaster management centres; regulates disaster management volunteers and matters incidental thereto.

This Act provides for the regulation, control and classification of dangerous drugs.

This Act provides a legal framework for the care, treatment, and protection of individuals with mental health disorders, establishes guidelines for the admission, detention, and rights of patients in mental health facilities, etc.

This Act establishes the Medical Council of Mauritius which is responsible for the regulation and oversight of the medical profession in Mauritius, including the registration, licensing, and professional conduct of medical practitioners.

This Act regulates the practice of the profession of dental surgeon and dental specialist, and establishes the Dental Council of Mauritius.

This Act gives effect within the Republic of South Africa to the relevant international legal instruments, principles and standards relating to refugees; provides for the reception into South Africa of asylum seekers; regulates applications for and recognition of refugee status; provides for the rights and obligations flowing from such status; and provides for matters connected therewith.

The Act consolidates the laws relating to registered medical schemes; provides for the establishment of the Council for Medical Schemes as a juridical entity; provides for the appointment of the Registrar of Medical Schemes; makes provision for the registration and control of certain activities of medical schemes; protects the interests of members of medical schemes; provides for measures for the co-ordination of medical schemes; and provides for incidental matters.

This Act governs the taxation of individuals, companies and other entities in Mauritius and outlines rules for income tax, tax rates, deductions, exemptions and the administration of tax collection, etc.