Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988

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Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988
Statutory Instrument
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citation SI 1988/1546
Introduced by Ministry of Health
Dates
Made6 September 1988
Laid before Parliament9 September 1988
Commencement 1 October 1988
Revoked6 April 2010
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Status: Revoked
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988 (SI 1988/1546), created by the Department of Health and Social Care, came into force on 1 October 1988 and was associated with the previous Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984. 24 more diseases were added, indicating exact control powers that could be applied to individual diseases. [1] [2] [3] [4] The regulations also revoked the previous Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1985 (SI 1985/434). [5]

Notifiable diseases

In addition to cholera, plague, relapsing fever, smallpox, typhus and food poisoning, the regulations of 1988 consist of 24 additional conditions: [6]

Scotland and Northern Ireland required notification of chicken pox and legionellosis in addition to the above. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Monaghan, Stephen (2002). "Summary". The State of Communicable Disease Law (PDF). London: The Nuffield Trust. ISBN   1-902089-68-5.
  2. ↑ David Ashley Price, ed. (2010). "2. Ethical and medico-legal issues". Oxford Handbook of Genitourinary Medicine, HIV, and Sexual Health. Oxford University Press. p. 43. ISBN   978-0-19-957166-6.
  3. ↑ John Coggon; Keith Syrett; A. M. Viens (2017). "3. The evolution of public health legislation and regulation". Public Health Law: Ethics, Governance, and Regulation. Routledge. p. 50. ISBN   978-1-138-79075-9.
  4. ↑ "The Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988". PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES. 1988.
  5. ↑ "The Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988 - Schedule 5". Legislation.gov.uk . Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  6. 1 2 Elson, Richard (2004). "Part 4. Epidemiology. Chapter 12. Communicable disease legislation port health". In Stephen Battersby (ed.). Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health. W.H. Bassett (19th ed.). Routledge. p. 276. ISBN   978-0-415-31808-2.


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