Law No.106 of 1973 on Health.

This Law consisting of 141 articles is divided in 7 Chapters as follows: public health (1); preventive health (2); curative medicine and therapeutic institutions (3); establishments and pharmaceuticals (4); practicing medical professions and related professions; general and transitional provisions (6); and penalties (7).
Basic principle is that health and medical care is a right for citizens to be guaranteed by the State, and the Ministry of Health works to (i) develop health and medical services; (ii) raise their level and increase their efficiency to meet the needs of citizens; and (iii) provide the technical instruments needed by health facilities. As for the drinking water, the health and administrative authorities shall protect public sources of drinking water from pollution or from the danger of contamination, and they have the right to prohibit the use of water that does not meet the requirements for drinking water (art.4), and it is prohibited to do any work that pollutes public sources of drinking water, or would make this water harmful to public health or a danger to it (art.5). As for food, the Law prohibits to handle food if it is not suitable for human consumption, is adulterated, or does not comply with the established specifications (art.7). Furthermore, places for handling food, the tools for its manufacture, the means of transporting it, and the containers for preserving it or its packaging must meet the established health requirements (art.8) Imported food can be released only on the basis of a health certificate issued by the competent authority. The Law deals also with (i) dairy products; (ii) meat and slaughtering rules; and (iii) health requirements for who works directly with food.
Preventive health deals with (i) vaccination and immunization against some diseases; (ii) health monitoring and preventive measures when infectious diseases appear, including quarantine measures. The medical treatment and therapeutic institutions includes also provisions for hospitals and places intended to accommodate and treat people with mental illness, diagnostic laboratories, blood and eye collection centers, eyeglasses stores, dental and medical massage industries. As regard for pharmaceuticals, art. 80 states that a pharmacy facility may not be opened except after obtaining a license from the Ministry of Health; art. 103 establishes that the Minister of Health may prohibit the import or circulation of any substance or pharmaceutical preparatios (including medicinal plants) deemed harmful to health, and in this case its registration shall be canceled. The Law regards also the practice of the medical profession as well as other occupations related to it such as the technical work performed by specially qualified persons in what is considered auxiliary work for doctors, pharmacists, and dentists during the exercise of their duties, and under their supervision and control such as nurses, midwives, laboratory technicians, radiologists, physiotherapists, assistant pharmacists, dental technicians and makers, and eyeglass technicians.