Infectious Diseases Regulations, 1948

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 99/1948
• Year: 1948

S.I. No. 99 of 1948.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES REGULATIONS, 1948.
ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES.
PART I.
PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL.
Article
1. Citation.
2. Definitions.
3. Commencement.
4. Revocations.
5. Enforcement of Regulations.
6. Notice of provisions of Regulations.
PART II.
SPECIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
7. Diseases which are infectious diseases.
8. Exclusion of certain infectious diseases from application of Sections 33, 34, 35, and 36 of the Act.
9. Exclusion of certain infectious diseases from application of section 38 of the act.
10. Exclusion of certain infectious diseases from application of section 41 of the act.
11. Exclusion of certain infectious diseases from application of section 44 of the act.
PART III.
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND PREVENTION OF THE SPREAD OF INFECTION.
12. Diagnosis and treatment.
13. Prevention of the spread of infection.
14. Examination of persons.
15. School children.
16. Public conveyances.
17. Disposal of infected bodies.
18. Infected, infested or dirty articles.
19. Cleansing, disinfection and disinfestation.
Article
20. Importation of used clothing, etc.
21. Special provisions in relation to venereal disease.
22. Special provisions in relation to psittacosis.
PART IV.
IMMUNISATION AND VACCINATION.
23. Diagnostic and immunising agents.
24. Vaccination against smallpox.
25. Immunisation against diphtheria.
26. Certificates.
PART V.
NOTIFICATION.
CHAPTER I.
Infectious Diseases other than Tuberculosis and Venereal Disease.
27. Definition for Chapter I.
28. Notification by general medical practitioners.
29. Notification by medical officers of infectious disease institutions.
30. Notification of malaria induced for therapeutic purposes.
31. Notification of case of acute anterior poliomyelitis leaving institution.
32. Notification by persons other than medical practitioners.
CHAPTER II.
Tuberculosis and Venereal Disease.
33. Notification of case of tuberculosis.
34. Intimation of suspected case of tuberculosis.
35. Notification of case of venereal disease.
Chapter III.
General and Ancillary Provisions.
36. Returns by registrars of births and deaths of deaths from infectious disease, etc.
Article.
37. Supply of prescribed forms.
38. Fees for notification.
39. Duties of chief medical officers in relation to notification.
40. Transitory provisions relating to notification.
PART VI.
MISCELLANEOUS.
41. Contraventions of the Regulations.
42. Records and confidential nature of documents.
43. Directions by Minister.
44. Saving for mails.
45. Infected premises notice.
First Schedule Regulations and orders revoked.
Second Schedule Diseases specified to be infectious diseases.
Third Schedule Forms prescribed for immunisation and vaccination.
Fourth Schedule Forms prescribed for notifications.
S.I. No. 99 of 1948.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES REGULATIONS, 1948
The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947), after consultation with the Minister for Industry and Commerce, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
PART I. PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL.
	1 Citation.	1.—These Regulations may be cited as the Infectious Diseases Regulations, 1948.
	2 Definitions.	2.—In these Regulations:
the expression "the Act" means the Health Act, 1947 ;
the word "carrier" means a person who, without apparent symptoms of an infectious disease, harbours the specific micro-organisms of such disease and is a probable source of infection with such disease;
the expression "chief medical officer" means a county medical officer or a city medical officer and includes also an assistant county medical officer or assistant city medical officer to whom duties under these Regulations have been assigned and any other medical officer authorised by the Minister, or by a health authority with the consent of the Minister, to perform specific duties or exercise specific powers under these Regulations;
the word "district" means the functional area of a health authority;
the word "dysentery" includes amœbic dysentery and bacillary dysentery;
the expression "epidemic diarrhœa and enteritis" means any condition in an infant under two years associated with frequent motions and constitutional disturbance;
the expression "health officer" means an officer of a health authority authorised by the health authority to enforce or execute any provisions of these Regulations;
the word "home" when used in relation to a person includes any dwelling (including a temporary dwelling) in which such person may be residing for the time being;
the expression "infectious disease institution" means an institution in which persons suffering from infectious disease (other than tuberculosis or venereal disease) are received and in respect of which the Minister has not made an order under Section 45 of the Act prohibiting absolutely the admission to such institution of persons suffering from an infectious disease (other than tuberculosis or venereal disease);
the word "measles" does not include German measles (otherwise known as rubella);
the expression "medical practitioner" means a person for the time being registered under the Medical Practitioners Act, 1927 ;
the expression "the Minister" means the Minister for Health;
the expression "officer of customs and excise" includes any person acting under the authority of the Revenue Commissioners and (so far as any provisions of these Regulations are applied to a customs-free airport in pursuance of the Customs-Free Airport Act, 1947 ) means an officer of the Minister for Industry and Commerce duly authorised to discharge the appropriate duties;
the expression "puerperal pyrexia" means any febrile condition (other than a condition which is required to be notified as puerperal sepsis) occurring in a woman within twenty-one days after childbirth or miscarriage, in which a temperature of 100.4° F. (38° C.) or more has been sustained during a period of twenty-four hours or has recurred during that period;
the expression "streptococcal sore-throat" means a sore throat caused by infection with streptococcus hæmolyticus;
the expression "tuberculosis institution" means an institution in which persons suffering from tuberculosis are received and in respect of which the Minister has not made an Order under Section 45 of the Act prohibiting absolutely the admission to such institution of persons suffering from tuberculosis;
the expression "venereal disease" means syphilis, gonorrhœa or soft chancre;
the expression "venereal disease institution" means an institution in which persons suffering from venereal disease are received and in respect of which the Minister has not made an order under Section 45 of the Act prohibiting absolutely the admission to such institution of persons suffering from any venereal disease.
	3 Commencement.	3.—(1) These Regulations (except Chapters I and II of PartV) shall come into operation on 1st day of April, 1948.
(2) Chapters I and II of Part V of these Regulations shall come into operation on 1st day of May, 1948.
	4 Revocations.	4. The Regulations mentioned in the First Schedule to these Regulations shall be revoked as from 1st day of April, 1948.
	5 Enforcement of Regulations	5. These Regulations shall, subject to any arrangement for joint action by health authorities under Section 101 of the Act, be enforced and executed by every health authority through their health officers.
	6 Notice of provisions of the Regulations.	6. A health authority shall forthwith cause notice to be given in such manner and form as the Minister may direct to medical practitioners resident or practising in their district and to other persons in their district of the duties imposed on them by these Regulations.
PART II. SPECIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
	7 Diseases which are infectious diseases.	7. The diseases listed in the Second Schedule to these Regulations are hereby specified to be infectious diseases and the expression "infectious disease" shall, except where otherwise provided, be construed as meaning any disease so listed.
	8 Exclusion of certain infectious diseases from application of Sections 33, 34, 35 and 36 of the Act.	8. All the infectious diseases listed in the Second Schedule to these Regulations, except tuberculosis and typhus, shall be excluded from the application of Sections 33, 34, 35 and 36 of the Act.
	9 Exclusion of certain infectious diseases from application of Section 38 of the Act.	9. All the infectious diseases listed in the Second Schedule to these Regulations, except acute anterior poliomyelitis, cholera, diphtheria, gonorrhœa, paratyphoid A, paratyphoid B, smallpox, syphilis, tuberculosis, typhoid and typhus, shall be excluded from the application of Section 38 of the Act.
	10 Exclusion of certain infectious diseases from application of Section 41 of the Act.	10. All the infectious diseases listed in the Second Schedule to these Regulations, except acute anterior poliomyelitis and tuberculosis, shall be excluded from the application of Section 41 of the Act.
	11 Exclusion of certain infectious diseases from application of Section 44 of the Act.	11. All the infectious diseases listed in the Second Schedule to these Regulations, except acute anterior poliomyelitis, diphtheria, paratyphoid A, paratyphoid B, tuberculosis, typhoid and typhus shall be excluded from the application of Section 44 of the Act.
PART III. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND PREVENTION OF THE SPREAD OF INFECTION.
	12 Diagnosis and treatment.	12.—(1) A health authority shall make arrangements for the diagnosis and treatment of infectious disease in persons in their district.
(2) Subject to the provisions of...