Health Legislation

This Ministerial Order determines the medical services provided at each level of health facilities in Rwanda.

This Law governs natural persons and family as well as relations between persons.

The guidelines set up grading criteria and scoring for health professionals in Rwanda.

This Law establishes the organisation of the community-based insurance scheme.

This Law establishes disaster management in Rwanda.

This Order articulates the values of the pharmacy profession and expected standards of behaviour of pharmacy professionals to clients and the society. It is designed to guide and support professional practice of all pharmacy professionals.

This document establishes the National List of Essential Medicines for Paediatrics to enable the availability, accessibility and affordability of quality and safe health products and ensure their rational use.

This document establishes the National Essential Medicine List for Adults to enable the availability, accessibility and affordability of quality and safe health products and ensure their rational use.

The Law determines the organization, functioning and management of health insurance schemes in Rwanda.

The Decree approves the Organic Statute of the Américo Boavida Hospital.

This Law governs refugees and asylum seekers in Rwanda.

This Law determines the organization and functioning of the decentralised administrative entities.

This Law establishes the Rwanda allied health professions Council and determines its organisation, functioning and competence.

This Law establishes modalities for controlling tobacco consumption and tobacco products that are manufactured in Rwanda as well as those imported so as to protect the Rwandan population’s life.

This Law determines the organization, functioning and competence of the Council of Pharmacists. The Council shall be responsible for ensuring that the rules, honour and dignity of the pharmacy profession are complied with and ensure the protection of public health. 

This Law determines the organisation, functioning and competence of the Medical and Dental Council. The Council is responsible for compliance with the rules, honour and dignity of the medical profession. 

The purpose of the law is to establish the legal rules applicable to the processing of personal data with the aim of guaranteeing respect for public freedoms and the fundamental rights and guarantees of natural persons.

The Order establishes the professional Code of conduct for nurses and midwives in Rwanda. This Order concerns nurses and midwives registered with the National Council of Nurses and Midwives.

The Constitution of Angola was promulgated in 2010. The Constitution contains 244 articles addressing a large number of issues such as the protection of fundamental rights, freedoms, guarantees  and duties, the fundamental principles of the state and institutional arrangements. The Constitution was amended in 2021 (the 2021 amendment is available in the legislation repository).

The Decree establishes the system for financing the actions of provincial governments and municipal administrations, as deconcentrated executive bodies of the central administration, within the framework of the delimitation of competences for the provision of public goods and services between the central administration and local administrations and between them.