1964_VENEREAL_DISEASE_ORDINANCE — Page 2

1989 Ed.]

Venereal Disease

[CAP. 275

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CHAPTER 275

VENEREAL DISEASE

To control the spreading of venereal disease.

Originally 1 of 1952 -- R. Ed. 1964, L.N. 76 of 1989

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Short title

[11 January 1952]

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This Ordinance may be cited as the Venereal Disease Ordinance.

Interpretation

In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires--- "clearance certificate" means a certificate in writing given by a medical practitioner certifying that a contact is not, at the date of the certificate, suffering from a venereal disease in a communicable form;

"contact" means a person upon whom an examination notice has been served; "Deputy Director" means the officer appointed to be Deputy Director of Health and also includes any medical officer appointed by the Director of Health to act on behalf of the Deputy Director of Health for the purpose of this Ordinance; (Replaced L.N.76 of 1989)

"examination notice" means a notice by the Deputy Director requiring a person to attend for and submit to a medical examination;

"medical practitioner" means a person who is-

(a) a Government medical officer;

(b) a medical officer of Her Majesty's navy, army or air force;

(c) a registered medical practitioner;

"transfer notice" means a notice given by a contact of intention to transfer to another medical practitioner;

"treatment" includes any periodical or other medical examination;

"treatment notice" means a notice by a medical practitioner requiring a contact to attend for and submit to further examination and treatment;

"venereal disease" means gonorrhoea, syphilis, soft sore or chancre, lymphogranuloma or such other disease as the Governor in Council may declare by notification in the Gazette to be venereal disease for the purposes of this Ordinance.