Law of Georgia on Protective Sanitary Zones of Health Resorts and Resort Localities (No. 1296-IIs of 1998)

This Law aims to preserve the properties of natural medicinal resources and to establish protective sanitary zones in order to protect such resources from pollution, deterioration and depletion. It establishes protective sanitary zones for health resorts and resort localities of Georgia, and prohibits activities that pollute soil, water and air, damage forests and other green plantations, lead to erosion, harm natural medicinal resources or otherwise negatively affect health resorts and resort localities. Measures to promote sanitation, recreation, renovation and restoration shall be implemented within the protective sanitary zones in order to preserve the landscape, secure and enforce sanitary standards of natural medicinal resources within health resorts and resort localities, and create favourable conditions for health improvement and recreation. Natural medicinal resources comprise: (a) mineral water deposits (or portions thereof) used on the spot for medicinal or bottling purposes; (b) medicinal muds; (c) natural gas and vapour deposits with curative properties; (d) other deposits (bischofite, ozokerite, clays, thermal waters, magnetic sand beaches, etc.) known for their curative properties; (e) curative karst caves; (f) sea, lake and river coastal areas used for medicinal or recreational purposes; and (g) forests, forest-parks and other green zones with preventive, curative and rehabilitative functions.