Act No. 4 / 1952 Coll.
Sanitary and anti-epidemic care law
Valid
Effective from 01.04.1952
4.
Law
of 28 March 1952
hygiene and anti-epidemic care.
The National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Republic decided on the following Act:
Purpose and tasks of sanitary and anti-epidemic care.
With the constitution of the guaranteed right of the people to health protection, the state, above all, ensures that the environment in which a person lives and works, as well as other conditions of his or her life, are most health-friendly. With this hygienic and anti-epidemic care, it fights against the emergence and spread of diseases and thus helps the healthy development of the people, the development of their creative forces and the increase in labour productivity.
Hygienic and anti-epidemic care lies mainly
(a) in the care of the state of health of air, water, soil, residential and other buildings and facilities and publicly accessible places;
(b) in the care of people with disabilities, in particular the protection of their health at work from the adverse effects of the working environment and process and from occupational diseases;
(c) in the care of a healthy educational environment and other favourable conditions for the development of school youth;
(d) in order to ensure that the people receive, under the right conditions, health-bearing foods with the necessary biological value, as well as healthy articles of normal use;
(e) specific protective measures against the emergence and spread of communicable diseases.
(1) In order to achieve the purpose of sanitary and anti-epidemic care, anyone who can influence his or her activities shall be obliged to take all necessary sanitary and anti-epidemic measures or submit to their implementation; in so doing, he shall also be required to request a binding opinion from the sanitary and anti-epidemic services authorities in cases provided for by this Act or by the regulations provided for by it.
(2) In order to combat communicable diseases effectively, any person to whom this will be imposed by regulations issued under this Act or by the competent authorities shall be obliged to carry out the necessary specific anti-epidemic measures or submit to their implementation; in particular, it is required to report diseases, suspected diseases and death by communicable diseases, to undergo vaccination, treatment and isolation and to carry out or carry out disinfection.
(3) If the means to do so are not sufficient to overcome and prevent communicable diseases, everyone shall, in principle, be obliged to provide the necessary personal and material assistance according to their forces.
Sanitary and anti-epidemic services.
(1) In order to ensure continuous and effective hygiene and anti-epidemic care, sanitary and anti-epidemic services are set up.
(2) Sanitary and anti-epidemic services are:
(a) the chief hygienist of the Czechoslovak Republic, who is head of the hygienic and anti-epidemic component of the Ministry of Health;
(b) the chief hygienist of Slovakia, who is the head of the health and anti-epidemic component of the health authority;
(c) a regional hygienist;
(d) county hygienist.
(3) A certified hygienist directs the work of subordinate hygienists and gives them orders and instructions.
(1) Sanitary and anti-epidemic services
1. Issue detailed directives binding on all enterprises, establishments and individuals pursuant to this Act and regulations issued in the field of sanitary and anti-epidemic care;
2. supervise compliance with hygiene and anti-epidemic rules; in particular:
(a) the implementation of measures to protect air, water and soil from pollution by substances harmful to human health;
(b) the maintenance of health regulations in the setting of building circuits and in the planning, design and implementation of construction and all modifications to housing and municipalities and new buildings, reconstructions, superstructures and building changes (hereinafter referred to as "buildings") of establishments, public and residential buildings, land, water and other buildings and facilities;
(c) the health status of public and residential buildings, areas, establishments and economic, transport, educational, health and other facilities;
(d) whether they are all receiving health-bearing foods and objects of normal use; ensure, in particular, that quality and technical standards and standards of food and industrial products which may affect human health are in line with hygiene rules and requirements;
3. control the efficacy and safety of sera, vaccines and bacterial agents;
4. plan and implement measures to prevent the emergence and spread of communicable diseases, occupational diseases and diseases the creation or spread of which is the result of violations of health regulations and requirements; ensure a continuous record of communicable diseases;
5. manage health and anti-epidemic services in organised passenger transport;
6. Planning and implementing measures to monitor the health protection of national borders;
7. guide the hygienic and anti-epidemic activities of all health facilities;
8. participates in the management of health awareness work in the field of sanitary and anti-epidemic care.
(2) Without a positive opinion of the sanitary and anti-epidemic authorities, no indicative or detailed territorial plans, building circuits and stopping plans or permit the construction referred to in paragraph 1 (2) (b), or the standards and standards referred to in paragraph 1 (2) (d) may be established.
(1) In carrying out the tasks referred to in Article 5, the authorities of the sanitary and anti-epidemic services are entitled and obliged to:
1. enter all establishments, offices, institutes, establishments and premises, take samples in the necessary quantities and extent for testing and require the necessary documents and data;
2. to provide binding guidelines for the implementation of sanitary and anti-epidemic measures to the responsible head of plants, offices, institutes and establishments and to individuals;
3. take the following measures:
(a) order the removal from certain activities of persons whose medical condition may endanger others;
(b) prohibit the storage, maintenance, circulation and consumption of medicinal products and other products and order their destruction or use for other purposes.
(2) Where the veterinary health services of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry carry out routine and operational hygiene surveillance for the processing, storage, maintenance and transport of food of animal origin, they shall have the obligations and rights of the authorities of sanitary and anti-epidemic services.
(1) The opinions on standards and standards referred to in Article 5 (1) (2) (d) and (2) are submitted and the effectiveness and safety of sera, vaccines and bacterial preparations are controlled by the main hygienist of the Czechoslovak Republic only before they are put into circulation. The Directive provided for in Article 5 (1) No 1 and the binding opinions provided for in Article 5 (1) No 2 (b) and (2) in matters which are wider than those of regional importance, gives the main hygienist of the Czechoslovak Republic and the main hygienist of Slovakia. The binding opinions referred to in Article 5 (1) (2) (b) and (2) in matters of regional importance shall be issued by the county hygienist and by the county hygienist in matters of regional and local importance.
(2) The authorisations referred to in Section 6 also belong to the experts of the relevant sanitary and epidemiological centres (Section 11).
If all the measures taken by the authorities of the sanitary and anti-epidemic services were not sufficient to eliminate the hygiene or epidemiological defects, the Minister for Health shall have the right, after prior notice by the competent Minister, to order the construction or production to be stopped or to prohibit the use or operation of the plant, plant or other object until the repair has been completed.
(1) The main hygienist of the Czechoslovak Republic sets up and rescues the Government on a proposal from the Minister of Health, the main hygienist of Slovakia, a corps of delegates on a proposal from the Health Officer. The establishment and removal of regional and county health professionals shall be governed by the provisions on the establishment and exemption of staff of the executive bodies of the national committees.
(2) The head hygienist shall be assisted in the performance of his duties by the Advisory Council, which shall set up and appoint, on a proposal from the Chief hygienist, the Minister (delegate) for Health.
(3) The Regional (Regional) hygienist is subordinate to the Regional (Regional) National Committee. Its decisions and measures pursuant to Article 5 (1) (2) and (3) and (2) and Article 6 (3) may be amended and repealed by the Board of National Committee only after hearing a superior hygienist.
(1) Sanitary and anti-epidemic services shall exercise their competence in close cooperation with other participating health authorities and establishments and shall discuss the matter with the competent labour inspection authorities prior to their decision as regards the care of disabled working conditions.
(2) All authorities (authorities), undertakings, establishments and organisations are obliged to assist the public and anti-epidemic services in the performance of their tasks.
(3) Sanitary and anti-epidemic services are required to maintain confidentiality regarding the facts which they have learned in the exercise of their duties and, in particular, to comply with the provisions on maintaining national, economic and professional secrecy.
Powerful equipment.
(1) Sanitary and anti-epidemic services have efficient sanitary and anti-epidemic facilities to carry out their tasks,
(a) central (regional) research institutes in the field of hygiene, epidemiology and microbiology, which are bodies of the Ministry of Health,
(b) regional research institutes and regional and regional hygienic-epidemiological centres which are the facilities of the relevant national committee.
(2) If the need for hygienic and anti-epidemic care so requires, branches of such facilities may be established.
(1) The Central Constitution establishes the Minister for Health on a proposal from the Chief hygienist. The regional institutes and regional and district stations shall set up a competent national committee in accordance with the guidelines of the Minister for Health.
(2) The institutes and stations are subdivided according to the principles of effective division of labour into professional units. The director is at the head of individual institutes and stations. The Director of the Institute shall be appointed and dismissed by the Minister for Health on a proposal from the Chief hygienist. The director of the regional station is the regional hygienist, the director of the district station is the district hygienist.
(3) The Ministry of Health shall, in agreement with the Ministry of the Interior and Finance, determine the tasks of the institutes and stations, the standards of their personal and material equipment and adapt their management, internal breakdown and operation.
Common and final provisions.
(1) The cost of certain specific anti-epidemic measures, in particular the ordered vaccination, the constitutional isolation and the disinfection of outbreaks, is borne by the State. The costs of other sanitary and anti-epidemic measures, even if they have been ordered or carried out on an official basis, shall, as a general rule, be borne by those whose persons or objects are concerned. The District National Committee may, for special reasons, grant aid to cover such costs.
(2) Where sanitary and epidemiological investigations or investigations have identified sanitary or epidemiological defects, the costs of such investigations or examinations may be imposed, mutatis mutandis, in accordance with the second sentence of paragraph 1.
(3) A more detailed adjustment will be made by the Ministry of Health in agreement with the Ministry of the Interior and Finance.
(1) No compensation shall be granted for damage caused by the implementation of sanitary and anti-epidemic measures, even if the work is not lost, even when these measures have been ordered. The District National Committee may, for reasons of particular consideration, grant aid to cover such damage.
(2) Samples taken for health and epidemiological investigations and investigations shall not be compensated.
(3) A more detailed adjustment will be made by the Ministry of Health in agreement with the Ministry of the Interior and Finance.
The Minister for Health is hereby authorised to issue regulations for each section of sanitary and anti-epidemic care and to implement this Act.
(1) The competent military authorities are responsible for the health and anti-epidemic service in force. Where sanitary and anti-epidemic measures of a general nature or their uniform implementation are needed, the military authorities shall proceed in close cooperation with the authorities of the sanitary and anti-epidemic services.
(2) In order to prevent the emergence and spread of communicable diseases, military authorities shall take the necessary measures in their field of competence in accordance with the general measures imposed by public health and anti-epidemic services.
(3) The cooperation of military and hygienic and anti-epidemic services in the implementation of this law will be regulated by the Ministry of Health and National Defence.
(4) The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 also apply mutatis mutandis to the implementation of sanitary and anti-epidemic care in the field of the Ministry of the Interior as regards armed forces and in the field of the Ministry of Transport as regards railways; the interaction of their authorities with the sanitary and anti-epidemic services in the implementation of this Act shall be regulated by the Ministry of Health, Home Affairs and Transport.
(1) All provisions relating to the matters governed by this law shall be repealed.
(2) The provisions of this Act shall be applied mutatis mutandis in accordance with the existing rules, unless they are contrary to that law.
This Act shall take effect on 1 April 1952; It shall be implemented by the Minister for Health in agreement with the participating members of the Government.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 4 / 1952 Coll., on Sanitary and Antiepidemic Care |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 05.04.1952 |
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| Effective from | 01.04.1952 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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