Sentences with phrase «public health act»

NSW meningococcal disease notification data since the promulgation of the Public Health Act in 1991 were sourced from HOIST (Health Outcomes Information and Statistical Toolkit, NSW Health).

Data on meningococcal disease is collected in NSW under the requirements of the Public Health Act (1991), with all cases of meningococcal disease meeting the case definitions of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System being notifiable by pathology laboratories, hospitals and doctors to public health units.9 Case information is entered into the NSW Notifiable Diseases Database.

There is an Ontario Government Public Health Act concerning noxious substances dating in 1937 or 39 which is still on the books.

The Residential Tenancies Act already incorporates the Public Health Act into reasons to terminate a lease; so it could incorporate another act that deals with domestic violence in a more comprehensive fashion, and which victims and those providing services to victims would be more likely to turn to first.

The Residential Tenancies Act stipulates that the premises must meet the minimum standards for rental housing as set out in the Housing Regulation and Minimum Housing and Health Standards under Alberta's Public Health Act.

The landlord must have committed a substantial breach, failed to fulfill one of the above outlined landlord obligations, or neglected to follow an order made by an executive under the Public Health Act.

A bit like the first time a complaint was laid by a tenant against his council landlord alleging a statutory nuisance under the Public Health Act 1936: the first cheeseburger.

Section 16 (c) requires landlords to ensure that rental premises «meet at least the minimum standards prescribed by housing premises under the Public Health Act and regulations.»

To this end, there are two laws in Singapore that support the use of Guide Dogs: The Environmental Public Health Act, and the Rapid Transit Systems Act.

Service dogs: Yes, under the Environmental Public Health Act and the Rapid Transit Systems Act, service dogs are also allowed in food establishments and public transport.

The Environmental Public Health Act states that guide dogs may be allowed into all areas of food establishments, including the toilet and dining areas, as long as they are well - behaved, not causing any nuisance, and are leashed.

They were charged for causing nuisance under the Public Health Act 2012 (Act 851) by the Ashaiman Municipal Assembly.

``... so now we are using the Public Health Act and the Criminal Offenders Act to charge sanitation offenders,» he said.

Sections 58 to 77 of Ghana's Public Health Act, Act 85 of 2012 on tobacco control, however outlaws such cigarettes, Addo said.

Not exact matches

Tobacco manufacturers once had relatively free reign, with even doctors starring in commercials, on the airwaves before being banned from television and radio advertising in 1970 when President Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.

The priority review user fee required by this subsection shall be due upon the submission of a human drug application under section 505 (b)(1) or section 351 (a) of the Public Health Service Act for which the priority review voucher is used.

The sponsor of a material threat medical countermeasure application that receives a priority review voucher under this section may transfer (including by sale) the entitlement to such voucher to a sponsor of a human drug for which an application under section 505 (b)(1) or section 351 (a) of the Public Health Service Act will be submitted after the date of the approval of the material threat medical countermeasure application.

The Secretary approves a drug pursuant to an application submitted under section 505 (b) of this Act or section 351 (a) of the Public Health Service Act for which the sponsor of the application used a priority review voucher issued under this section.

However, Health Canada did not act, or warn the public, because it considers store - front dispensaries to be illegal, though the government does not prevent them from operating.

In doing so, they stepped into a long and complicated balancing act in the United States between public safety and the right to bear arms for people with mental health issues.

VICTORIA — New Democrat health spokesperson Judy Darcy is urging Health Minister Terry Lake to make sure that public health care is protected by investigating private medical clinics and compliance with the Medicare Protectiohealth spokesperson Judy Darcy is urging Health Minister Terry Lake to make sure that public health care is protected by investigating private medical clinics and compliance with the Medicare ProtectioHealth Minister Terry Lake to make sure that public health care is protected by investigating private medical clinics and compliance with the Medicare Protectiohealth care is protected by investigating private medical clinics and compliance with the Medicare Protection Act.

In the area of health care, the Party commits to fully endorsing the five principles of the Canada Health Act, which are: Public Administration, Comprehensiveness, Universality, Portability, and Accessibhealth care, the Party commits to fully endorsing the five principles of the Canada Health Act, which are: Public Administration, Comprehensiveness, Universality, Portability, and AccessibHealth Act, which are: Public Administration, Comprehensiveness, Universality, Portability, and Accessibility.

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Farnworth's legislation, titled the Public Health Protection Act, amends existing provincial statute to restrict who can own and operate equipment like pill and tablet presses as well as tablet machines.

We can see this self - preoccupied individualism in the greed that our society calls «opportunity,» in the demise of public health care because it is «too costly,» and in the decay of public institutions regarded as too expensive to maintain, as though taxation were a penalty rather than a necessary neighborly act.

More than thirty states have passed community mental health service acts or other legislation which makes funds available on a continuing basis to match local public or private nonprofit expenditures for mental health services.

In 1955, in response to continued public interest, Congress enacted the Mental Health Study Act, under which the historic Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health was appointed.

Food Standards Agency The Food Standards Agency is an independent Government department set up by an Act of Parliament in 2000 to protect the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food.

First, because a policyholder must act quickly to protect public health, it might not have the opportunity to confirm that actual contamination has occurred before making the decision to recall the product.

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In addition, the petition requested that we issue an interim final rule under section 403 (r)(7)(A) of the FD&C Act, stating that the evidence is compelling and the potential to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption is important for public health and that issuing an interim final rule would allow affected fruit and vegetable products to become eligible to bear these health claims as expeditiously as possible.

Ontario's 36 public health units are responsible for implementation of the Act.

In 1974, the Safe Drinking Water Act made the EPA responsible for monitoring drinking water for public health concerns like lead.

By Laura PeuquetWhile the health of America's youth has been part of political and public conversations for some time, the Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) brought school food nutrition to the national forefront and paved the way for significant progress towards better school food.

The coalition has been awarded three grants over the past five years: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Pulmonary Disease Grant with the goal of increasing the number of policies and practices that promote and support breastfeeding - friendly environments; Business Case for Breastfeeding Grant to educate employers on how to comply with the Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers Act and a Women Infants and Children (WIC) Local Agency Breastfeeding Special Project Grant.

While the health of America's youth has been part of political and public conversations for some time, the Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) brought school food nutrition to the national forefront and paved the way for significant progress towards better school food.

Mass Audubon supports the passage of An Act establishing a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change, which prepares Massachusetts for the impacts of climate change by identifying where we are most vulnerable and taking measures to protect public health, public safety and the economy.

Nestle is a professor in the nutrition, food studies and public health department at New York University, and here she provides a concise but comprehensive overview of where federal school food reform now stands, almost one year after President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 into law.

However, there is enough evidence to conclude there is a risk from arsenic, and given the fact that exposures are widespread, from a public health standpoint, waiting to act until additional studies are conducted will fail protect children from potentially irreversible harm.

Most health practitioners and the general public describe the act of giving birth as labor and delivery or childbirth.

The group also asks its members to support the inclusion into the House bill of The Healthy School Meals Act (which would require more plant - based meal options in accordance with recommendations made by the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association) and to provide comments to the House supporting changes to the Farm Bill (in 2012) to increase federal support for local, organic diversified agriculture.

But we can't wait on Congress to act, so the White House called on private and non-profit leaders to explore creative ways they can address this widespread public health problem.

In May 2010, the D.C. Council passed the Healthy Schools Act, a landmark law designed to improve the health and wellness of students attending D.C. public and public charter schools.

Chapter 313 of the Acts of 2010, An Act Relative to Postpartum Depression, calls on the state's Department of Public Health (DPH) to develop standards for effective PPD screening, and regulations for providers and health plans to report on PPD screHealth (DPH) to develop standards for effective PPD screening, and regulations for providers and health plans to report on PPD screhealth plans to report on PPD screening.

UK Green MEP Keith Taylor tabled three objections to the delegated acts — part of the Food for Specific Groups (FSG) regulation — in December, which were voted on by the European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) today (14th January).

We are ready to move forward, provided any final agreement between Democrats is based on the legislative agenda that we put forth on May 22, which includes: the Reproductive Health Act, the DREAM Act, GENDA, protecting Title X funding, public campaign finance, single - payer health care and the Comprehensive Contraceptive CoveragHealth Act, the DREAM Act, GENDA, protecting Title X funding, public campaign finance, single - payer health care and the Comprehensive Contraceptive Coveraghealth care and the Comprehensive Contraceptive Coverage Act.

Since the Health Act came into effect in 2007, smoking has been banned in all enclosed public places and workplaces.

In 1987, Archy Kirkwood's Access to Personal Files Act was passed, giving the public access to manually held social work and housing records, which was followed by the Liberal MP's Access to Medical Reports Act in 1988, Chris Smith MP's Environment and Safety Information Act, giving the public access to environmental enforcement notices, and Doug Henderson MP's Access of Health Records Act 1990.

Panel to host one more meeting on cancer The World Trade Center Health Program's Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (S.T.A.C.) is allowing for further public comment on the types of cancer to be considered under the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, via a telephone and web conference.

The Acting Deputy Director of Public health for the Greater Accra region, Dr. John Yabina speaking to Citi News said «we had five cases and one tested positive to meningococcal meningitis and then the other four we heard on Monday morning that they were all negative to the disease.»