Health Legislation

This Act sets conditions to facilitate access to health services for citizens through health insurance, establishes a health insurance system for all, sets conditions for expanding the scope of various health services; and sets other related conditions.

This Act sets conditions to facilitate access to health services for citizens through health insurance, establishes a health insurance system for all, sets conditions for expanding the scope of various health services; and sets other related conditions.

The Act amended the National Identity Cards Act, 2011.

This Act makes better provisions for the regulation of public procurement, provides for repeal of the Public Procurement Act, 2004 and re-enacts the Public Procurement Act and consequential matters and provides for other related matters.

The document has the regulation taken by Lesotho’s government during the emergency of COVID 19.

These 2021 Guidelines (sixth edition) establish the protocols for standard treatment in Tanzania as well as the National Essential Medicines List.

The document contains regulation taken by Lesotho’s government during the emergency of COVID 19.

This document provides a second edition of the List of Essential Medicines in Sao Tome and Principe.

This Law establishes the fundamental principles, rights, and responsibilities for the country's healthcare system, and provides for the overall organization of health care in the country. It also establishes provisions relating to the formulation of the national health policy as well as provides for the creation of the National Health Council.

This Act establishes the National Social Security Fund and provides for its constitution, administration and other matters related to the Fund.

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.

This Law establishes a framework to guarantee and protect the personal data of individuals.

This Act establishes the Chemist Professionals' Council and provides for the powers, functions, management and regulation of the chemist, chemical laboratory technologist and the assistant chemical laboratory technologist, and provides for related matters.

This law makes the second amendment to the Statute of the Order of Nurses, approved by Decree-Law No. 104/98, of April 21, amended by Law No. 111/2009, of September 16, in order to adapt it to Law No. 2/2013, of January 10, which establishes the legal regime for the creation, organization and operation of professional public associations.

This Act establishes the National Health Insurance Fund and provides for contributions to and payment of health care benefits to certain Government employees and provides for related matters.

The Act makes provision regarding the Insurance sector, with the aim of consolidation, administration, supervision, regulation, control, protection and development of insurance business, and for incidental matters.

This document provides a Sanitary Map of Sao Tome and Principe with the aim of achieving an efficient and equitable supply of health care.

This act has the aim to consolidate and reform the laws relating to the protection and welfare of children and to provide for incidental matters. The Act covers aspects such as the rights of a child and the responsibilities of its parents; the child in need of care and protection; the offences to health and welfare of children; the conditions to take a child into care and for adoption; trafficking of children; child rehabilitation and conflict with criminal law; police powers and duties regarding children and legislation regarding minor’s criminal law.

The Act mandates the establishment of a National Identity Register, the issuance of national identity cards to persons whose are included in the national identity register and for related matters.

The Act establishes the Data Protection Commission, provide for principles for regulation of processing of personal information in order to protect and reconcile the fundamental and competing values of personal information privacy under this Act and sector-specific legislation and other related matters.