Health Legislation

This law defines the general regime for the prevention and control of smoking, establishing rules regarding the protection from exposure; the advertising; the prohibition of the promotion and sponsorship of recreational and cultural activities, and the labelling among other issues. 

The objective of this law is to determine the rules for the organization and the functioning of the National Order of Doctors.

This law relates to the fight against tobacco; it applies to tobacco growing, regulation of the manufacture, packaging, labelling, marketing and importing of tobacco and tobacco products, as well as advertising.

This Decree creates and establishes the rules for the organization and operation of the National Order of Dental Surgeons of Mauritania (ONMD). This Decree is published in a collection of other legislative acts and can be found on page 16 of the file.

This Decree creates and establish the rules for the organization and operation of the National Order of Physicians of Mauritania (ONMM). This Decree is published in a collection of other legislative acts and can be found on page 4 of the file.

The decree approves the plan of positions, careers and salaries for the staff that make up the medical career. The system applies to all doctors in the National Health Service who are part of the career. The aim of establishing a medical career is to guarantee and organize the exercise of medical activity in the National Health Service. It is also a particular objective of the medical career to encourage and reward scientific research and experimentation in the field of medicine in Cape Verde.

The law creates the Ordre des Médecins (The Order of Physicians), which is responsible for organizing and representing individuals and legal entities practicing the Medical professions in Mali.

This Act provides for the regulation of medical, dental and allied health professionals, for the establishment of Medical Council of Tanganyika and for other related matters.

The guidelines set up grading criteria and scoring for health professionals in Rwanda.

This Decree appoints the members of the Commission responsible for the organization of the partial renewal of the bodies of the Order of Physicians.

The decree establishes rules concerning the free movement and establishment of doctors in the West African Economic and Monetary Union.

The Act gives effect to the World Health Organization 's framework Convention on tobacco control.

This Law establishes modalities for controlling tobacco consumption and tobacco products that are manufactured in Rwanda as well as those imported so as to protect the Rwandan population’s life.

The law creates a professional association known as the “Ordre national des Médecins”. It groups together all doctors authorized to practice their profession in Burkina Faso. The document in addition to the text of the law also include Decree 2014-048 providing the Code of Deontology for doctors, the Order N° 2014-149 providing the internal regulations of the national order of doctors and the Join Order N° 2014-572 providing the composition of the disciplinary chamber for the National Order of doctors.

This Act consolidates and amends the law to make provision for the registration of medical practitioners and dentists and for purposes connected therewith and incidental thereto.

This Law determines the organisation, functioning and competence of the Medical and Dental Council. The Council is responsible for compliance with the rules, honour and dignity of the medical profession. 

The law reinforces the fight against the use and consumption of tobacco and tobacco products in Burkina Faso. The scope of the law covers the industrial or supervised cultivation of tobacco, the manufacture, packaging, marketing and consumption of tobacco and tobacco products, and exposure to tobacco smoke.

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 use, sale, manufacture, advertising and promotion of a tobacco product and provides for connected matters.

This decree defines the scope of the prohibition on smoking in public places or places open to the public, and specifies the powers of health police officers in enforcing the law on tobacco control. It also sets out the rules governing the liability of manufacturers and distributors of tobacco products in the event of damage caused by the consumption of these products.