Law No. IX-886 “On supervision over the public health”.

This Law defines public health care, the structure and state regulation of this care system, establishes the foundations of strengthening public health, disease and injury prevention, public health safety and control, the foundations for obtaining the right of natural persons to engage in public health care and their professional development, legal relations in the field of public health care. The activities of public health care institutions are coordinated and controlled by the Ministry of Health Protection and other institutions according to their competence. Mandatory hygiene norms and rules governing the activities of natural and legal persons are established by the Public Health Safety Regulation (hygiene norm).This Law establishes the principles of supervision over the public health, the structure of the system of supervision and state regulation with a view of guaranteeing the public health and ensuring safety of public health. Supervision over the public health includes ensuring safe natural environment and prevention of negative environmental impact. The Act consists of 7 Sections divided into 46 articles: (1) general provisions; (2) structure of the system of supervision over the public health; (3) state regulation of supervision over the public health; (4) ensuring public health; (5) healthy way of life; (6) practice of supervision over the public health; and (7) conclusive provisions. Regulation of supervision over the public health entails a series of sanitary and hygienic proceedings ensuring control of unpackaged foodstuffs and potable water, and also ensuring food quality control and food safety.