"Law of Azerbaijan Republic " About sanitary-epidemic condition of human life "

on November 10 1992

The law was authorized by the decree of the President N 371 o November 10, 1992. The law includes 8 chapters and 41 articles. The law expresses legal bases for implementation of the state, regional and local programs on strengthening of public health .
In the first chapter of the law are certain basic responsibility of the sanitary legislation of the country. These responsibility include:
- Sanitary-epidemic well-being,
- Protection of the population from negative influence of the environment,
- Definition of the degree of the responsibility for infringement of sanitary norms and orders,
- Hygienic specifications,
- Legislation, directed on maintenance the right for protection of public health ,
- Creation of a complex of legal and organizational measures.
In the second chapter the right of the country citizens to live on a safe environment is outlined. It is stressed, that the citizens of the country have the right to receive full and free-of-charge information on the level of illness, Sanitary-epidemic condition, radiating background, condition of the environment and influence of these factors on public health .
In the third chapter are determined responsibility of state bodies, public organizations, enterprises, establishments, responsible workers and citizens in the field of maintenance Sanitary-epidemic of well-being. The special attention paied to the requirements in the field of application of chemical compounds, biological means and materials, their use, sanitation and storage.
The fourth chapter is devoted to organization of the state-sanitary control in Azerbaijan. The main attention foxed tî the responsibility of republican state service, state sanitary control, industrial control, public sanitary control.
In 5-th chapters of the law legal bases of state sanitary-epidemic service are established. Questions of organization of state sanitary-epidemic service, rights, responsibility of the officials and social protection are reflected.
In the sixth chapter the responsibility for infringement of the sanitary legislation is described.
International agreements in this area are given in 7-th chapters. In 8-th chapters is shown, that the person, guilty in chemical, physical, biological and other forms underground sources of water, grounds, atmospheric air, air of the working zone bear administrative, criminal and financially - legal responsibility. Agrees 39-th articles of the law the breaking requirements, showed to quality of food breaking sanitary rules and hygienic specifications bear the serious responsibility.