Health Legislation

The Act provides for the establishment of the Council to regulate the conduct of Optometrists and Ophthalmic Opticians, the registration of Optometrists and Ophthalmic Opticians and provides for related matters.

The Act provides for the establishment of the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital and its Management Board, and for connected matters.

This Act sets out the rights and responsibilities of children, consolidates the laws relating to children, provides for the care, protection and maintenance of children, establishes a Children’s Court, provides for a criminal justice system for children and other connected purposes.

This Act provides for a sustainable, effective and efficient national statistical system for The Gambia for the collection, production and dissemination of integrated, relevant, reliable, timely statistical information, establishes The Gambia Bureau of Statistics as a supervisory authority for the national statistical system.

This Act makes provisions for core labour rights, establishes basic employment standards, provides a framework for collective bargaining, provides for the prevention and settlement of disputes, and provides for related matters.

This Act provides for a legal and institutional framework for sustainable management of the environment; outlines principles for management, impact and risk assessments, prevention and control of pollution, waste management, environmental quality standards, public participation, compliance and enforcement; provides for implementation of international instruments on environment; provides for implementation of the National Environment Policy; repeals the National Environment Management Act, 1983; provides for the National Environment Management Council and the National Environmental Trust Fund.

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 Act provides for the efficient and comprehensive regulation and control of food, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, herbal drugs and poisons and repeals the Food (Control of Quality) Act, 1978, the Pharmaceuticals and Poisons Act, 1978, and provides for related matters.

The Act establishes and regulates a decentralised local government system for the Gambia; it makes provision for the functions, powers and duties of local authorities and for matters connected therewith.

The Act makes provisions for promotion, control and regulation of traditional and alternative medicines practice, establishes the Traditional and Alternative Health Practice Council and provides for related matters.

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 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.

The Constitution of the Gambia was adopted in 1997. It is the supreme law of the country and consists of 232 articles that are grouped into 23 chapters. The Constitution sets out the values and principles of the state, defines supremacy rules for the law, proclaims fundamental rights and freedoms, establishes key bodies of the state, etc.

This Act provides for the Registration of Health Laboratory Technologists and provides for related matters.

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 Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania was adopted in 1977 and amended in 2005. The Constitution is the supreme law of the country and establishes the state principles, regulates the separation of powers, establishes key government structures and their mandates, establishes rights, etc. The Constitution consists of 152 articles that are organized into ten chapters that are supplemented by two schedules.

This Act consolidates the law relating to narcotic drugs, makes provision for the control and regulation of operations relating to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances; provides for the forfeiture of property derived from or used in illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances; provides for the prevention of illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and implements the provisions of the International Convention on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.

This Act establishes the Medical Stores Department for the procurement, storage and distribution of medical supplies and provides for other matters connected or incidental to the establishment and management of the department.

The Act regulates the profession of nurse and midwife in The Gambia.

The Public Health Act makes provisions for public and environmental health and other matters connected therewith.