PUBLIC HEALTH LAW OF LAGOS STATE

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LIST OF LAWS OF LAGOS, [ALPHABETICAL]  

PUBLIC HEALTH LAW

CHAPTER P16, LAWS OF LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Medical Officers of Health

1.       General directives relating to Public Health

2.       Enforcement officers

3.       Duties of enforcement officers

4.       Role of community

Nuisance (General) 

5.       Public Hygiene

6.       Nuisance

7.       Notice regarding abatement of nuisance

8.       Court may make nuisance order

9.       Power to sell premises

10.     Right of entry

11.     Cost of execution relating to nuisance

12.     Polluting water

13.     Stagnant Water

14.     Enforcement officer may inspect food exposed for sale

15.     Restrictions on Sale of Alcohol to Children

16.     Search warrant

17.     Penalty for obstructing officer with search warrant 

Streets and Open Spaces

18.     Owner or occupier to clear streets near his premises

19.     Penalties on certain offences 

Infectious or Communicable Diseases

20.     Notification of infectious disease

21.     Declaration of infected area and order for evacuation

22.     Marking of premises where infectious disease has occurred

23.     Removal and detention of infected persons and suspects

24.     Detention and removal of infected persons in private health facilities

25.     Compulsory medical treatment

26.     Isolation of contacts

27.     Obtaining blood samples, tissues and any other relevant samples

28.     Power to order fumigation, sanitization and disinfection of houses, buildings or any premises

29.     Acts tending to the spread of disease

30.     Letting infected houses

31.     Apprehension of persons in public streets suffering from infectious diseases

32.     Infected persons entering public means of transportation without notice to the person in charge 

33.     Disinfection of public means of transportation

34.     Spirit and wine and beer licenses in area ordered to be evacuated

35.     Power for enforcement officer to order destruction of house, building or anything

36.     Destruction of animals

37.     Appointment of house visitors in case of Epidemics

38.     Power to order post-mortem examination

39.     Burials, Cremations and Disposals of Bodies

40.     Compensation

41.     Pre-action notice on civil proceedings

42.     Presumption of knowledge

43.     Power to make regulations

44.     Market Sanitation

45.     Restriction on venue of sale of live animals 

Other Public Health Issues

46.     Nutritional information

47.     Prohibition of advertisements of products not scientifically proven 

Implementation of integrated disease surveillance and response

48.     Role of Commissioner

49.     State disease surveillance and response committee

50.     Role of Councils

51.     Role of health facilities

52.     Role of private health sector 

Miscellaneous Provisions

53.     General purposes for which regulations and by-laws may be made

54.     Building By-laws

55.     Approval of By-laws 

Legal Proceedings

56.     Civil action by Attorney-General

57.     Obstruction of owner by occupier

58.     Penalty for obstructing execution of this Law

59.     General penalties

60.     Recovery of penalties

61.     Service of notices

62.     Occupier to give information

63.     Duties of the police

64.     Enforcement officers to have assistance of Police Officers

65.     Joinder of parties

66.     Burden of proof

67.     Protection of enforcement officers

68.     Repeal

69.     Interpretation 

70.     Citation and Commencement 

PUBLIC HEALTH LAW

A LAW TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH IN LAGOS STATE AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES

LAWS OF LAGOS STATE

LAWS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA