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PD 856 CHAPTER XV.—PORT, AIRPORT, VESSEL AND AIRCRAFT

Section 66–68 · 3 provisions

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Port and Airport Sanitation.

Section 66

SEC. 66. Port and Airport Sanitation.—In ports and airports, the following sanitary requirements shall be applied : Every port and airport shall be provided with potable drinking water and wholesome food supplied from sources approved by the Secretary or his duly authorized representative. The drinking water and food shall be stored and handled in a manner to ensure their protection against contamination. The local health authority shall conduct periodic inspections of equipment, installations and premises, and collect regularly samples of water and food for laboratory examination to determine if they are fit for human consumption. There shall be available to as many ports and air ports as practicable organized medical and health services with adequate staff, equipment and facilities for the prompt isolation and care of infected persons, disinfection, disinsecting, deratting, laboratory examination, collection and examination of rodents for plague infection, collection of water and food samples for examination. The local health authority for each port and air port shall take all practicable measures to keep port and airport installation free of rodents. In ports and airports of entry, facilities shall be provided for immunizations required in international travel. Every port of entry and the area within the perimeter of an airport of entry shall be kept free from mosquito vectors of yellow fever, malaria and other diseases of epidemiological significance.

Vessel Sanitation.

Section 67

SEC. 67. Vessel Sanitation.—For the purpose of this Section, the provisions of Art. II of the Quarantine Regulations promulgated under Section 5 of Republic Act No. 123 shall be applied and enforced.

Aircraft Sanitation.

Section 68

SEC. 68. Aircraft Sanitation.—For the purpose of this Section, the requirements in the Guide to Hygiene and Sanitation in Aviation of the World Health Organization are adopted as part of this Code.

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