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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT
Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)
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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT
ACT
1. Short Title
2. Interpretation
2A. Act binds the Crown
3. Division of island into areas and districts
4. Functions of Minister
5. Public Health Board
6. Delegation to local authority
7. Appointment of public health officers
8. Chief Medical Officer to discharge functions of Minister
9. Regulations
10. Minister may compel the execution of works in interest of public health
11. Power of Entry
12. Authentication of documents
13. Service of Notice
14. Offences
15. Penalties
16. Limitation on prosecution
17. Laying of information etc.
18. Prosecution of offences
19. Exemption from liability
20. Expenses
21. Savings for pensions rights
22. Existing statutory legislation
23. Default Powers
24. Use of force
25. Amendment of Schedule
Schedule
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
Public Health (Nuisances) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instruments 10/1978 and 17/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Nuisances
3A. Nuisance prohibited
4. Abatement
5. Expenses in connection with abatement
6. Liability
7. Penalties
Public Health Regulations Offensive and Hazardous Trades – Section 9 (Statutory Instruments 80/2020 and 115/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Restriction on carrying on of offensive or hazardous trade
4. Application for licence
5. Approval of plan
6. Inspection of premises
7. Grant or refusal of application
8. Issue or renewal of licence
9. Duration of licence
10. Non-transferability
11. Display of licence
12. Duplicate licence
13. Cancellation or suspension of the licence
14. Daily cleaning
15. Repair
16. Use of premises for sleeping purposes
17. Restrictions as to certain persons
18. Power to grant exemption
19. Fees
20. Offence and penalty
21. Revocation
Public Health (Communicable and Notifiable Diseases) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instruments 12/1978, 21/1991 and 19/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Duty of occupier etc., to consult or inform a medical practitioner
4. Medical practitioner to give notice of notifiable disease
4A. Other circumstances under which notice required
4B. Information for the notice
4C. Records required to be provided
4D. Notification of certain diseases
5. Notification forms and fee in respect of notification
6. Duties and powers of medical officer of health in respect of notifiable disease
7. Duties of public health nurse and environmental health inspector
8. Offences
9. Powers of Public Health Board in Respect of Communicable Diseases
10. Expenses
11. Powers of Police
12. Penalties
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Schedule 3
Public Health (Barber) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instruments 13/1978 and 37/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Application for Registration
4. Premises ceasing to be used as barber shop
5. Premises — Hygiene and Sanitation
6. Duties of Barbers
7. Health Certificate
8. Employment of other persons to conform with Regulations
9. Power of medical officer of health to call for Examination of Barbers
10. Display of licence
11. Non Compliance
12. Penalty
Schedule
Public Health (Water Quality Control) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instruments 14/1978 and 58/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Non impairment of quality of water
4. Permission for conveyance of water for domestic use
4A. Fees
5. Water supply systems to be satisfactorily constructed and maintained
6. Well to be located, constructed etc. to prevent contamination
6A. Licence for conveyance in water tank or other receptacle
6B. Application for licence for conveyance in water tank or other receptacle
6C. Issue and duration of licence for conveyance in water tank or other receptacle
6D. Cancellation or suspension of licence for conveyance in water tank or other receptacle
6E. Delivery of licence on suspension, cancellation or cessation
7. Water tanks etc., for the conveyance of water to be impervious, easily cleaned and sanitized
7A Licence for water bottling plant
7B. Application for water bottling plant licence
7C. Application of regulations 6C to 6E
7D. Certificate of health
8. Quality of drinking water etc., to be prescribed
9. Chlorinating machinery etc., to be kept working efficiently
10. Testing of chlorinated water by authorised persons
11. Notice to desist from contamination of water supply
12. Closure of water supply
13. Penalty
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Schedule 3
Schedule 4
Public Health (Apartments, Guest Houses and Hotels) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instruments 15/1978, 26/1983 and 35/2020)
1. Citation
3. Apartment or Guest House or Hotel to be registered
4. Application for registration
5. Licence to operate
6. Notice on cessation of operation
7. Operation of Guest House and Hotels
8. Provision of clean linen etc.
9. Plumbing Fixtures
10. Provisions For Guest House or Hotel
11. Provisions for Apartment Houses
12. Rooms for sleeping purposes
13. Floor Space etc., of Room for Sleeping Purposes
14. Notice on Owner or Occupier
15. Grounds for Cancellation of Licence
16. Penalty
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Public Health (Swimming Pools) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instruments 16/1978, 27/1983 and 36/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Regulation of construction or alteration of a Swimming Pool etc.
4. Approval of Construction
5. Permit for operation of swimming or wading pool
6. Provision in respect of Construction Operations and Maintenance
7. Lighting and Electrical Equipment to be Rendered Danger Free
8. Provisions in respect of walls of swimming pool
9. Water depths
10. Overflow gutters and Automatic Devices
11. Filters and Filtration
12. Cycling or Circulation of Water System
13. Provisions in respect of Recirculating System
14. Diving towers or boards
15. General Safety
16. Disinfection of pool
17. Persons forbidden use of swimming pool
18. Spitting or blowing of noses forbidden
19. Power to close swimming pool
20. Cancellation or suspension of permit of operation
21. Penalty Clause
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Public Health (Notification of Births) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instruments 17/1978 and 29/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Notice of the birth of a child and still-birth to Chief Medical Officer
4. Chief Medical Officer to keep register of births and still-births
5. Saving
Public Health (Bakeries) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instruments 18/1978, 25/1983 and 59/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Licence for operation of bakeries
4. Application for Licence
5. Cancellation or Suspension of Registration
6. Form and contents etc., of Licence
7. Register of Bakeries
8. Delivery of licence on cessation, cancellation or suspension
9. Washing and paintings of Walls and ceilings etc.
10. Hygenic or Sanitary requirements etc., in place where bakery is carried on
11. Certificate of Health
12. Power of medical officer etc. to compel baker to take medical examination
13. Deportment and dress and personal hygiene of persons in bakery
14. Storage and keeping of bakery material and the placement of bread and bread products
15. Power to close bakery where operation is dangerous to health
16. Liability
17. Penalty
Schedule
Public Health (Transportation of Human Remains) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instruments 19/1978 and 31/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Documents necessary for transportation of human remains
4. Conditions prerequisite for transportation
5. Human remains to be transported in Impervious Coffin
6. Transportation of Impervious Coffin
7. Wreaths and flowers etc., accompanying, to comply with other laws of country
8. Transportation of human ashes
8A. Clearance for human remains
9. Penalty
Public Health (Barracks and Tenements) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instruments 20/1978 and 26/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Approval in respect of barracks or tenement buildings
4. Specifications to hygiene
5. Sleeping Accommodation
6. Separate Accommodation to be Provided for Sexes
7. Maintenance of Barracks and Tenement Building
8. Non compliance
9. Penalty
Public Health (Disposal of Offensive Matter) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instruments 21/1978 and 27/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Restriction in the deposit of filth night soil etc.
4. Carriage of night soil in street restricted to prescribed hours
5. Cart and Vehicle etc., for Carriage of Offensive Matter to be effectively secured
6. Falling or dropping of offensive matter carried on public road to be removed
7. Approval of carriage and licence of person for the carriage of filth and night soil
8. (Revoked by S.I. 27/2020)
9. Restrictions for burying night soil
10. Provision for a sufficient and suitable sanitary convenience
11. Restriction on the discharge of effluent into sea from public sewerage system
12. Restriction discharge of effluent from private sewerage system
13. Disposal of dead animal
14. Burying of sea egg shells
15. Penalty
Public Health (Sewage and Disposal of Sewage and Liquid Industrial Waste Works) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instruments 22/1978 and 79/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Administration
4. Discharge of Effluent
5. Sewage and Industrial Effluent Discharge into Coastal Waters
6. Sewage and Industrial Works
7. Application
9. Waste water treatment plant
10. Operation and Maintenance of Sewage System
11. Treatment Plants
12. Fees
13. Penalty
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Schedule 3
Schedule 4
Public Health (Slaughterhouse) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instruments 69/1980 and 30/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Registration
4. Certificate of Health
5. Persons allowed inside Slaughterhouse
6. Other Uses
7. Premises — Hygienic requirements, etc.
8. Provisions for Water and Receptacles
9. Repairs
10. Prohibited Animals
11. Informing environmental health officer
12. Unfit Animals
13. Inspection of Carcass
14. Location
15. Liability
16. Penalty
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Public Health (Foods) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instrument 70/1980)
PART 1 FOOD GENERAL
ADMINISTRATION
PART 3 FOOD HANDLING ESTABLISHMENT REGULATIONS
PART 4 REGULATION IN RESPECT OF EATING AND FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
PART 5 REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO STALL
PART 6 REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO AERATED WATER FACTORIES
PART 7 REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE TRANSPORT AND CARRYING OF MEAT, FISH AND FROZEN PRODUCTS
PART 8 REGISTRATION OF DAIRIES
REGISTRATION OF MILKING PLACES
LICENCES OF MILK SELLERS
POWERS AS TO REGISTRATION AND LICENCES
CATTLE-PENS IN TOWNS, VILLAGES AND PRESCRIBED AREAS
REPORT ON MILKING PLACES AND PASTURES
INSPECTION AND CLEANLINESS OF ANIMALS
DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS
DAIRIES
POWERS OF INSPECTION
MEASURES FOR SALE OF MILK
Public Health (General) Regulations – Section 22 (Statutory Instruments 4/1935, 57/1936, 39/1940, 8/1942, 67/1946, 33/1952, 65/1953, 27/1954, 18/1955, 15/1956 and 26/1960)
Public Health (Disposal of Corpses Brought Into Saint Lucia) Regulations – Section 22 (Statutory Instrument 1/1935)
Public Health (Mosquito Control) regulations – Section 22 (Statutory Instruments 1/1935, 26/1960 and 18/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Appointment by Governor General
4. Members of the service to spray or inspect all premises
5. Action as regards foodstuffs and lights before spraying
6. Inspection and spraying of unoccupied premises
7. Where the occupier wilfully absents himself or herself from the premises for the purpose of preventing the spraying thereof
8. Vessels containing water for domestic use to be placed in accessible positions
9. Owner or occupier of premises to render receptacles mosquito-proof
10. Inspection of covered drains and sewers
11. Receptacles used for holding drinking water for animals
12. Provisions as regards wells
13. Powers of members of the Service
14. Inspection cards may be affixed to tanks or vats
15. Inspection of roof-gutters
16. Declaration as to adequate supply of potable water in any area
17. Retention of water on buildings
18. Cemeteries
19. Offences
20. Penalty
Public Health (Public Health Hazard) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instrument 25/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Requirement for report in writing
4. Information on public health hazard
5. Investigation of report
6. Notification when matter is not a public health hazard
7. Risk assessment
8. Communication of results of risk assessment
9. Obligation to determine or develop management plan
10. Failure to follow management plan
11. Notification of other government department or agency
12. Signage
13. Penalty
Public Health (Body Art Facility) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instrument 57/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Non-application
4. Requirement for a licence
5. Application for licence
6. Grant or refusal of application
7. Issue of licence
8. Duration of licence
9. Renewal of licence
10. Display of licence
11. Non-transferability
12. Suspension and revocation
13. Register
14. Certificate of health
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Public Health (Smoking Control) Regulations – Section 9 (Statutory Instrument 81/2020)
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. No smoking in public places
4. Display of no smoking signs
5. Prohibition on sale of tobacco products in certain places
6. Removal of offending persons
7. Evidence
8. Protection of employees
9. Penalties
10. Transitional
Schedule 1
Schedule 2