Health Legislation

This Act protects the privacy of the individual and of personal data by regulating the collection and processing of personal information; provides for the rights of the persons whose data is collected and the obligations of data collectors, data processors and data controllers; regulates the use or disclosure of personal information; and provides for related matters.

This Act harmonizes and consolidates the law on registration of persons; provides for registration of individuals; establishes a national identification register; establishes a national registration and identification authority; provides for the issue of national identification cards and aliens identification cards and for related matters.

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

This Act consolidates the law relating to the medical and dental practice and provides for other connected purposes.

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

This Act establishes a national drug policy and a national drug authority to ensure the availability, at all times, of essential, efficacious and cost-effective drugs to the entire population of Uganda, as a means of providing satisfactory health care and safeguarding the appropriate use of drugs.

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 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 amends and consolidates the law relating to the control of the profession of pharmacy and trade in and use of drugs and poisons, and other purposes connected therewith.

This Act provides for the training, registration, enrollment and discipline of nurses and midwives of all categories and for other matters connected to the above.

This Act consolidates the law regarding the preservation of public health.