s 7 Public health surveillance programmes, etc.
7. —(1) The Director-General of Health may, from time to time, institute public health surveillance programmes or undertake epidemiological investigations or surveys of people, animals or vectors in order to determine the existence, prevalence or incidence, or to determine the likelihood of a possible outbreak, of — ( a ) any infectious disease; or ( b ) any other disease which the appropriate Minister, by notification in the Gazette , declares to be a disease to which this section applies. [10/2008; 5/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (2) For the purpose of any public health surveillance programme, epidemiological investigation or survey under subsection (1), the Director-General of Health may require any person or class of persons — ( a ) to provide the Director-General of Health, within or at the times and in the form or manner the Director-General of Health specifies, with any of the following where the Director-General of Health requires: (i) any information known to the person (or any person in the class of persons) at those times; [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (ii) any sample of any substance or matter in the possession or control of that person (or any person in the class of persons) at those times, whether obtained under this Act or otherwise; and [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] ( b ) to submit to a medical examination at the times the Director-General of Health specifies. [10/2008; 5/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (3) If a person (including a person in a class of persons) who is required by the Director-General of Health under subsection (2) to furnish the Director-General of Health with any information or sample, or to submit to any medical examination, fails to do so, without reasonable excuse, the person shall be guilty of an offence. [10/2008] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (4) The Director-General of Health may send any sample obtained under subsection (2)( a )(ii) for such test, examination or analysis as the Director-General of Health may consider necessary or expedient. [10/2008] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] —(1) The Director-General of Health may, from time to time, institute public health surveillance programmes or undertake epidemiological investigations or surveys of people, animals or vectors in order to determine the existence, prevalence or incidence, or to determine the likelihood of a possible outbreak, of — ( a ) any infectious disease; or ( b ) any other disease which the appropriate Minister, by notification in the Gazette , declares to be a disease to which this section applies. [10/2008; 5/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (2) For the purpose of any public health surveillance programme, epidemiological investigation or survey under subsection (1), the Director-General of Health may require any person or class of persons — ( a ) to provide the Director-General of Health, within or at the times and in the form or manner the Director-General of Health specifies, with any of the following where the Director-General of Health requires: (i) any information known to the person (or any person in the class of persons) at those times; [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (ii) any sample of any substance or matter in the possession or control of that person (or any person in the class of persons) at those times, whether obtained under this Act or otherwise; and [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] ( b ) to submit to a medical examination at the times the Director-General of Health specifies. [10/2008; 5/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (3) If a person (including a person in a class of persons) who is required by the Director-General of Health under subsection (2) to furnish the Director-General of Health with any information or sample, or to submit to any medical examination, fails to do so, without reasonable excuse, the person shall be guilty of an offence. [10/2008] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] [Act 13 of 2024 wef 09/04/2024] (4) The Director-General of Health may send any sample obtained under subsection (2)( a )(ii) for such test, examination or analysis as the Director-General of Health may consider necessary or expedient. [10/2008] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023]