CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
CONTINGENCY PLANNING
Does the law define "contingency plan"?
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Does the law require the competent authority to formulate contingency plans for diseases of national priority (e.g. this may include all or a subset of diseases contained within a list of notifiable diseases, if required under the national legal framework)?
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Section 9 (extract) - (...)
(3) The Provincial Health Officer functions shall be as follows-
(a) to prepare strategic plans in conformity with the national health policy for the province annually; and (...)
Section 14 (extract) - (...)
The district health officer must-
(a) prepare strategic plans in conformity with the national health policy for the District annually; (...)
Does the law permit contingency plans to mandate all of the following measures?
• Administrative and logistic organization;
• Exceptional powers of the competent authority; and
• Special and temporary measures to address all identified risks to human or animal health.
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