Public Health (Quarantine) (Amendment) Regulations, 2011 (SL 32 of 2011)

26th April, 2011.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW (2002 REVISION)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

Citation Amendment of regulation 2 of the Public Health (Quarantine) Regulations (1997 Revision) - definitions Amendment of regulation 3 - quarantine officers Amendment of regulation 12 - penal Repeal and substitution of Schedule - Maritime Declaration of Health

THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW (2002 REVISION)

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the Public Health Law (2002 Revision), the Governor in Cabinet makes the following Regulations - These Regulations may be cited as the Public Health (Quarantine) (Amendment) Regulations, 2011. The Public Health (Quarantine) Regulations (1997 Revision), in these Regulations referred to as the “principal Regulations”, are amended in regulation 2 by inserting, after the definition of the word “port”, the following definition - “ “Port Health Officer” means an Environmental Health Officer;”. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation 3 by inserting after paragraph (b), the following paragraph - “(ba) Port Health Officers;”. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation 12 by deleting the words “is guilty of an offence and punishable under section 8” and substituting the words “commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and, if the offence is a continuing one, to a fine of fifty dollars for every day or part of a day during which the offence has continued”. The principal Regulations are amended by repealing the Schedule and substituting the following Schedule - Citation 2 of the Public Health (Quarantine) Regulations (1997 Revision) - definitions 3 - quarantine officers 12 - penal Repeal and substitution of Schedule - Maritime Declaration of Health

(Regulation 8) MARITIME DECLARATION OF HEALTH To be completed and submitted to the competent authorities by the masters of ships arriving from foreign ports. Submitted at the port of………………………………….Date ………………….. Name of ship or inland navigation Tonnage (inland navigation vessel).……………………………………………… Valid Sanitation Control Exemption/Control Certificate carried on board? Re-inspection required? Yes………………………No………….……………….. Has ship/vessel visited an affected area identified by the World Health List ports of call from commencement of voyage with dates of departure, or within past thirty days, whichever is shorter: Upon request of the competent authority at the port of arrival, list crew members, passengers or other persons who have joined ship/vessel since international voyage began or within past thirty days, whichever is shorter, including all ports/countries visited in this period (add additional names to the attached

Number of crew members on board……………………………………………… Number of passengers on board………………………………………………….. Health questions (1) Has any person died on board during the voyage otherwise than as a result

If yes, state particulars in attached schedule. (2) Is there on board or has there been during the international voyage any

case of disease which you suspect to be of an infectious nature?

(3) Has the total number of ill passengers during the voyage been greater than

normal/expected? Yes…………………………….No………………………

particulars in attached schedule. (5) Was a medical practitioner consulted? yes,

state particulars of medical treatment or advice provided in attached

(6) Are you aware of any condition on board which may lead to infection or

spread of disease? yes, state

particulars in attached schedule. (7) Has any sanitary measure (e.g., quarantine, isolation, disinfection or

(9) Is there a sick animal or pet on board? Note: In the absence of a surgeon, the master should regard the following symptoms as grounds for suspecting the existence of a disease of an infectious nature: (a) fever, persisting for several days or accompanied by (i) prostration; (ii) decreased consciousness; (iii) glandular swelling; (iv) jaundice; (v) cough or shortness of breath; (vi) unusual bleeding; or (vii) paralysis. (b) with or without fever: (i) any acute skin rash or eruption; (ii) severe vomiting (other than sea sickness); (iii) severe diarrhoea; or (iv) recurrent convulsions. I hereby declare that the particulars and answers to the questions given in this Declaration of Health (including the schedule) are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Signed ………………………………………. Master Countersigned ………………………………………. Ship’s Surgeon (if carried) Date ………………………………………

ATTACHMENT TO MARITIME DECLARATION OF HEALTH

1 State: (1) whether the person recovered, is still ill or died; and (2) whether the person is still on board, was evacuated (including the name of the port or airport), or was buried at sea. Name Class or rating Age Sex Nationality Port, date joined ship/ vessel Nature of illness Date of onset of symptoms Reported to a port medical officer? Disposal of case1 Drugs, medicines or other treatment given to patient Comments

Made in Cabinet the 5th day of April, 2011.

Kim Bullings

Clerk of the Cabinet.