Health Legislation

The Act contains provisions to provide protection of the interests of consumers by means of investigation, prohibition and control of unfair business practices; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.

This Act regulates the protection of personal data and ensures that the privacy of individuals in relation to their personal data is maintained. It also establishes the Information and Data Protection Commission and provides for all matters incidental thereto.

This Act amends sections 2, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 17A, 18 and 19 of the National Registration Act of 1986.

The Public Health Act repeals, re-enacts, consolidates and amends the law relating to public health in Botswana.

This Act provides for the registration, regulation of the sale, distribution, importation, exportation, manufacture and dispensing of medicines and related substances, and matters incidental thereto.

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

This law provides the rules to govern the profession of opticians.

This law provides the general framework for the action of the State in the area of health.

This law provides the rules to govern the profession of dentists.

This law provides the rules to govern the profession of doctors.

This law establishes the national identity card.

This law provides the rules to govern the profession of pharmacists.

This law modifies articles 3, 5, 6, 7, 15 and 36 of the law n°84-10 setting the organization of the medical and health profession ("Loi No 84-010 fixant l'organisation de l'ordre des professions Medico-sanitaires: infirmier, sage-femme et technicien medico-sanitaire").

This law modifies article 3 of the law n°84-09 providing the rules for the exercise of the professions of nurse, midwives and health technician.

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

This laws provides the rules governing nurses, midwives and health technicians.

This law sets the rules governing the organization of the Order of medical and health professions covering nurses, midwives and health technicians.

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.