LAGOS STATE PROTECTION OF PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV AND AFFECTED BY AIDS LAW

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LIST OF LAWS OF LAGOS, [ALPHABETICAL]  

PROTECTION OF PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV AND AFFECTED BY AIDS LAW

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1.       Protection of persons living with HIV and affected by AIDS

2.       Access to health care institutions

3.       Right to voluntary counseling and tests

4.       Establishment of Anti-Retroviral Drugs Fund

5.       Contributions to the Fund

6.       Establishment and composition of the Board

7.       Secretary of the Board

8.       Functions of the Board

9.       Health workers to possess universal safety tools

10.     Discrimination against people living with HIV and affected by AIDS

11.     Right to gainful employment

12.     Provision of homes for orphans, vulnerable children, widows and widowers of people living with HIV and affected by AIDS

13.     Right to admission and decent burial

14.     Right to sue and be sued

15.     Establishment of Justice and Human Rights Watch Group

16.     Registration with Lagos State AIDS Control Agency

17.     Offending organisations to be penalised for acts of misconduct

18.     Offences and penalties

19.     Penalties for unsubstantiated cure claim

20.     Interpretation

21.     Citation and commencement

PROTECTION OF PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV AND AFFECTED BY AIDS LAW

A LAW FOR THE PROTECTION OF PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV AND AFFECTED BY AIDS IN LAGOS STATE AND FOR OTHER CONNECTED MATTERS

[Commencement]          

1.     Protection of Persons living with HIV and affected by AIDS

The protection of persons living with HIV and affected by AIDS in the State is guaranteed under the provisions of this law.

LAWS OF LAGOS STATE

LAWS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA