Health Legislation

This Act regulates and controls the practice of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and allied health professions, and provides for matters connected and associated therewith.

The Constitution of Gabon was adopted in 1991 and promulgated by Law No 3/91 on 26 of March 1991. The Constitution was revised in 1994, 1995 1997, 2000, 2003, 2011, 2018 and 2021. The Constitution of Gabon consists of 114 articles. 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.

This Act provides provisions on the registration of persons resident in Botswana and provides for matters incidental thereto.

This decree establishes the National Health Council of the Gabonese Republic.

This order establishes the Order of Doctors of Gabon.

This Act consolidates and amends the law relating to the registration of births and deaths in Botswana.

The Statistics Act establishes a body corporate to be known as Statistics Botswana; requires that official statistics be produced by means of a process that is guided by the National Statistical System; and provides principles for the production and dissemination of official statistics and for matters incidental thereto.

This Act empowers the President of Botswana to make emergency regulations whenever an emergency proclamation is in force. It also specifies the matters which may be provided for in emergency regulations; provides the duration of emergency regulations, and provides for the matters incidental thereto or connected therewith.

The Constitution of Botswana was first adopted in 1966 and reviewed in 2006. It consists of 127 articles that are grouped into 9 chapters. The articles of the Constitution address a large number of issues such as the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, citizenship rights, the fundamental principles of the state and institutional arrangements.

This decree regulates the practice of the professions of doctor, dental surgeon, and midwife in the Gabonese Republic.

This document establishes a list of rights and responsibilities of the users of health services in Botswana.

This Code establishes deontology rules for pharmacists in Gabon.