Health Legislation

The Act amended the National Identity Cards Act, 2011.

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

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

The document provides the national list of essential medicines from 2016.

This Act repeals and replaces the Public Health Act (Cap 198). The Act provides the legal framework for the protection and improvement of public health, regulates issues such as sanitation, disease control, environmental health and health care services.

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.

These Regulations amend the Health Professionals Act of 2006 by repealing and substituting Schedule 1 of the Act dedicated to the enumeration of the categories of health professionals.

This Act establishes a Health Care Agency and provides for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

This Act establishes the Public Health Authority to regulate and monitor health-related services, and establishes the Public Health Authority Board and the Appeals Board, their functions, powers and procedures and provides for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

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.

The law establishes the conditions for the attribution, acquisition, loss and reacquisition of nationality.

This Act regulates the use, sale, manufacture, advertising and promotion of a tobacco product and provides for connected matters.

The law makes rules on HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Control.

The law regulates social protection in Guinea-Bissau, including funding systems.

This Act provides the legal framework for the regulation, registration, and practice of health professionals by establishing the Health Professionals Council.

The policy establishes the national list of essential medicines and treatment guidelines in Lesotho.

This Act regulates the collection, processing, and storage of personal data, ensuring individuals' privacy rights and establishing safeguards against misuse of personal information.

The Act establishes the Lesotho Nursing Council, and makes provisions with respect to the education and training, registration, the practice of nursing and midwifery, regulation of professional conduct of nurses and midwives and for related matters.