This Act makes provision with respect to protection of public health by introducing measures to prevent the introduction and spread of communicable diseases. For the purposes of this Act, the Minister responsible for health shall be the Quarantine Authority. The Quarantine Authority may appoint such number of public officers to be Health Officers as he or she may determine. The WHO International Health Regulations 2005 shall apply to Bermuda. The Minister may, on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer and in accordance with the IHR 2005, make Regulations on border control and quarantine. The Quarantine Authority may, on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer, issue directives and guidelines for the purposes of the implementation of the IHR 2005.
برمودا (المملكة المتحدة) · 2017-02-20