Law on Protection of People's Health

   


Date:
   11 July 1989

Source:    

Subject:    law; health, family planning; mother and child health care; women

Text:

Chapter VIII.  Family Planning and Mother and Child Health Care

Article 43:  Family Planning 

  1. All persons have the duty to implement the family planning programme and the right to use the method of birth control of their own choosing. Each couple should have from one to two children. 

  2. The State uses incentive policies and measures and create the necessary conditions for everyone to implement the family planning programme. Gynaecology and obstetrics institutions of the State, collectives or individuals must respect everyone's desire to use the method of birth control of their own choosing.

  3. The public health cultural and educational services and the mass media and social organizations have the duty to popularize and educate the knowledge on population and family planning programme for the people.

  4. All acts of preventing or forcing the implementation of family planning are prohibited. 

Article 44:  Women's right to have gynaecology care and abortion. 

  1. Women have the right to have abortion if they so desire, to have medical examinations and treatment for gynaecologic diseases, to have prenatal care, and medical service during delivery at medical institutions.

  2. The Ministry of Public Health has the duty to consolidate and expand the network of obstetrics and new-born health care down to the grassroots in order to ensure medical care for women.

  3. Medical institutions and individuals are forbidden to practice abortions or remove IUD's unless permitted by the health ministry or service. 

Article 45:  Employing women labour 

  1. Organizations and individuals employing women labour must observe the regulations on women healthcare, implement policies towards pregnant women, women in childbirth, nursing mothers and apply measures of family planning.

  2. It is forbidden to employ women labour in heavy jobs and jobs harmful to health. Such jobs are to be defined in a list by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs. 

Article 46:  Child healthcare 

  1. Grassroots medical establishments take care of the children's health, give them vaccinations, medical examinations and treatment.

  2. The health service has the duty to expand and consolidate the network of child healthcare.

  3. Parents and sponsors have the duty to implement regulations on health check-up and immunization according to the plan of the grassroots medical establishment, give them medical attention when they are sick and execute the doctors' advice in medical examinations and treatment.

Article 47:  Care for handicapped children 

The Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, have the duty to organise the care for and apply measures of rehabilitation for handicapped children. 

Note:   Other chapters of the document deal with general stipulations, hygiene, functional rehabilitation, treatment, traditional medicine, preventive and curative drug, health care for the elderly and invalids, inspection, and award and penalties. 

 

  
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