Health Legislation

These regulations govern the issuance of work permit to non-nationals.

This Act repeals the Factories Ordinance; makes provisions for the safety, health and welfare of persons at work in factories and other places of work; provides for the protection of persons other than persons at work against hazards to health and safety arising out of or in connection with activities of persons at work; and provides for connected matters.

This Law establishes provisions on the status of refugees and related matters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The document establishes Mali's hospital law. It contains fundamental principles such as the rights and duties of the patient, the obligations of hospital establishments, private hospital establishments, the organization of the hospital system, the evaluation of the hospital system, organization, and other aspects.

This diploma establishes the technical description of the different institutions of the National Health Service across the four levels of care, the classification and their specific functions. 

This Act establishes the Muhimbili National Hospital, repeals the Muhimbili Medical Centre Act, 1976, makes transitional provisions on such repeal and provides for other related matters.

This decree establishes an autonomous fund to receive revenues from the recovery of primary health care costs in each Integrated Health Center. This fund will primarily support the purchase of essential generic drugs and consumables, the purchase of management tools for cost recovery and the payment of managers' salaries.

The Children's Act of 1998 reforms and consolidates the law relating to children, provides for the rights of the child, maintenance and adoption, regulates child labour and apprenticeship, for ancillary matters concerning children generally and provides for related matters.

This Decree regulates the organization of public hospital health establishments.

This law establishes the foundations for the hospital reform.

This Law regulates the creation, organization and operation of public health establishments. This document is a compilation of several laws and this particular law is located on page 16 of the file.

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.

This Act makes provisions for the Enactment of the Refugees Act, National Eligibility Committee, Asylum seeker and Refugee administration and repeals the Refugee (Control) Act and provides for connected matters.

This Act is to ensure the provision and maintenance of comprehensive hospital services in Zimbabwe; to provide for the admission of persons to Government hospitals and the fixing of fees in respect of services provided thereat; to provide for the granting to medical practitioners and dental practitioners of the privilege of access to certain Government hospitals and for the appointment of consultant medical and dental practitioners; to provide for the registration of medical aid societies; to set conditions for the registration of private hospitals and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing.

This Act makes provision for the regulation of the conditions of employment in workplaces as regards the safety, health and welfare of persons employed therein; for the inspection of certain plant and machinery, and the prevention and regulation of accidents occurring to persons employed or authorized to go into the workplaces; and provides for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.

The Act regulates the registration and management of private health laboratories managed by approved persons and in respect of private health laboratory services to be rendered by private health laboratories, and related matters.

The Ghana Health Service and Teaching Hospitals Act of 1996 establishes the Ghana Health Service, provides for related matters including its functions and membership; provides for the administration and management of institutions in the Health Service including state-owned hospitals and health stations; continues the existence and operation of Teaching Hospitals and provides for matters related to the foregoing.

This Act determines the circumstances in which and conditions under which the pregnancy of a woman may be terminated; and provides for matters connected therewith.

The Decree regulates the health care delivery by private entities.

The law regulates the refugee status. Its definition, the impediment and loss of refugee status, the authorization requirements among others issues.