Deputy Chairman, Law Development Commission, Zimbabwe. Emai : ldc@gta.gov.zw CHAPTER 15:09 PUBLIC HEALTH ACT Acts 19/1924, 3/1930, 37/1938 (ss. 3 and 22), 10/1945, 4/1948, 1/1953, 18/1957 (Federal), 21/1963, 96/1964, 33/1968, 62/1969, 12/1973 (s. 270), 10/1974; 42/1976 (s.37), 37/1977 (s. 24), 5/1985, 8/1988 (s. 164), 11/1991 (s. 23); Ord. 6/1980, 12/1997 (s. 12), 6/2000 (s. 151, 23/2004 (s. 282); R.G.N.s 683/1963, 214/1964, 217/1970, 899/1978. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART I P RELIMINARY Section 1. Short title. 2. Interpretation. PART II ADMINISTRATION 3. 4. 4A. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Ministry responsible for public health. Establishment of Advisory Board of Public Health. Establishment of District Health Management Committees Appointment of Chief Health Officer and others. Local authorities in rural areas. Local authorities to appoint medical officers of health. Duties of medical officers to local authorities. Government medical officers to be medical officers of health in rural districts. Local authority to appoint health inspectors. Removal of medical officers and health inspectors. Local authority failing to appoint medical officer of health or health inspector. Combined appointments. Duties of local authorities. Health committees. Defaulting local authorities. PART III NOTIFICATION O F INFECTIOUS DISEASES 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Notifiable diseases. Notification of infectious disease. Notification by medical practitioners. Local authorities to transmit return of notifications. Regulations for the notification of infectious diseases. Prevention and Suppression of Infectious Diseases Inspection of infected premises and examination of persons suspected to be suffering from infectious disease. Provision of isolation hospitals, mortuaries, disinfecting stations and ambulances by local authorities. Removal to hospital of infected persons. Infected persons sent for treatment from other districts. Measures to be adopted by local authority in case of infectious disease. Power of local authority to order or carry out disinfection. Removal to cleansing stations of dirty and verminous persons. Removal orders. Exposure of infected persons or things. Conveyance of infected persons in public conveyances. Infected dwellings not to be evacuated or let without previous disinfection. Removal of bodies of persons who have died of infectious disease Removal and burial of bodies of persons who have died of infectious disease. Regulations regarding infectious diseases.