HIV/AIDS LAWS OF THE WORLD

This page provides links to HIV/AIDS Laws of the following countries:

 

ARGENTINA

Law No. 23798 of 14 September 1990 declaring the fight against AIDS to be of national interest. 

Decree No. 1244/91 of 1 July 1991 promulgating Regulations for the implementation of Law No. 23798.

Resolution No. 105 of 24 September 1997 approving Regulations on AIDS and Perinatology

AUSTRIA

AIDS Law 1993, as amended through 2001 

BAHAMAS

The Employment Act 2001 (Act No. 27 of 2001).

Among other things, this Act provides that: a) discrimination in employment on the basis of race, creed, sex, marital status, political opinion, age, or HIV/AIDS is prohibited; and b) pre-screening for HIV status is prohibited.

BELARUS

Law of the Republic of Belarus of 18 June 1993 on public health.

BELGIUM

Law of 28 January 2003 on medical examinations in the framework of labor relations.     

BERMUDA

The Human Rights Amendment Act 2000 (Act No. 37 of 2000), 24 August 2000.

This Act amends the Human Rights Act 1981 with respect to the following, among other things: a) the definition of disabled person (now includes persons suffering from HIV or AIDS).

BOLIVIA

Law No. 3729 of 8 August 2007, Law for the Prevention of HIV/AIDS, the Protection of Human Rights, and Integral Multidisciplinary Care of Persons Who Live with HIV/AIDS.

BOTSWANA

Botswana National Policy on HIV/AIDS, 17 November 1993.  

BRAZIL

Law No. 9313 of 13 November 1996 on the free distribution of medicine to HIV carriers and AIDS patients. 

Law No. 7670 of 8 September 1988 extending specified benefits to AIDS carriers.   

Order No. 5/VS the Ministry of Health of 22 February 2006 [notification of HIV/AIDS].

BULGARIA

Resolution No. 144 of 29 July 1994 amending Regulations for the implementation of the Law on public health, promulgated by Resolution No. 23 of 1974 .

Order No. 4 of 2 April 1992 of the Minister of health on the conditions and procedures governing testing for infection by the immunodeficiency virus [summary] .

CHILE

Law No. 19779 of 4 December 2001 establishing rules on HIV and creating a subsidy for catastrophic illnesses. 

Exempt Resolution No. 371 of 2 February 2001.

This Resolution sets rules on HIV testing.

Decree No. 182 of 10 August 2005 [testing].

CHINA

Order No. 15 of 12 August 1991 of the Ministry of health promulgating measures on the prevention and tretment of venereal diseases.

Decree No. 17 of 6 December 1991 of the Ministry of Public Health promulgating measures for the implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the prevention and treatment of communicable diseases.

Certain Regulations on the Monitoring and Control of AIDS, 14 January 1988.

CAPE VERDE

National Strategic Plan Against AIDS, 2002-2006, 28 February 2002.

National Strategic Plan to Fight AIDS (2006-2010).

Procedures, Rules, and Directives for the Care of Persons who Live with HIV, 2005.

 

Regulations for the Functioning of Anonymous and Voluntary HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing Centers.

 

Counseling on STIs, HIV, and AIDS, Directives and Basic Procedures, 2004.

CHINA--SHANGHAI

Regulations of 1 March 1999 on AIDS prevention 

CHINA  TAIWAN

HIV Infection Control and Patient Rights Protection Act, 11 July 2007.

Enforcement Rules of the AIDS Prevention and Control Act, as amended through 19 April 2006.

COLOMBIA

Decree No. 1543 of 12 June 1997 regulating the management of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquird immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases. 

COSTA RICA

Law No. 7771, General Law on HIV/AIDS of 29 April 1998. 

Decree No. 27894-S of 3 June 1999, Regulation to the General Law on HIV/AIDS. 

Decree No. 33746 of 29 March 2007 [amends the above Decree].

DJIBOUTI

Decree No. 2003-0049/PR/MEF/MS of 22 March 2003 instituting an institutional framework for the fight against AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.

Law No. 48/AN/994th of 3 July 1999, setting forth the Orientation of Health Policy.

This Law contains provisions on the prevention of AIDS.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Law No. 55-93 of 31 Dec 1993 establishing the notification of public health authorities of all matters relating to living or deceased persons who have been infected with the AIDS virus [deals with other HIV/AIDS issues as well]. 

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

Decree No. 107/2006 of 20 November 2006.

EL SALVADOR

Decree No. 588 of 24 October 2001, as amended through Decree-Law No. 1016 of 10 October 2002.

This Decree approves the Law on the prevention of infection caused by human immunodeficiency virus.

Decree No. 53 of 25 May 1993 promulgating Regulations for the investigation, prevention, and control of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

ESTONIA

Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Act, 12 February 2003.

ETHIOPIA

Proclamation No. 276/2002, 11 June 2002 [establishing a National HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Council].

GHANA

Ghana AIDS Commission Act, 2002 (Act No. 613), 16 January 2002.

GUINEA

Law No. 2005/025/AN of 22 November 2005.

HONDURAS

Decree No. 147-99 of 9 September 1999 approving the General Law on HIV/AIDS.

Accord No. 009 of 15 May 2003 [Regulations to Decree No. 149-99].

INDIA

An Action Plan for Blood Safety, 2003 

National Blood Policy, 2000. 

National  AIDS Prevention and Control Policy, 2003. 

INDONESIA

Decree No. 9/KEP/MENKO/KESRA/VI/1994 concerning the National Strategy of Combating AIDS in Indonesia, 6 June 1994 .

Decree of the Minister of Manpower and Transmigration on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control in the Workplace, 28 April 2004.

ITALY

Law No. 135 of 5 June 1990 establishing a programme of urgent interventions for the prevention and control of AIDS. 

KAZAKHSTAN

Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 5 October 1994 on the prevention of AIDS. 

Resolution No. 1207 of 14 September 2001, Program to Counteract the AIDS Epidemic in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2001-2005.  

KENYA

National Condom Policy and Strategy, September 2001.

 

HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Act, 2006 (Act No. 14 of 2006), 30 December 2006.

LATVIA

Cabinet Regulation No. 7 of 5 January 1999.

This Regulation sets forth procedures for the registration of infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS.

Cabinet regulation No. 628 of 4 November 2003 [restriction of the spread of HIV/AIDS and treatment].

LESOTHO

Guidelines to Prevent Mother to Child Transmission of HIV, June 2004.

MADAGASCAR

National Strategic Plan to Fight AIDS, 2001-2006, October 2002. 


MALI

 

Law No. 06-028 of 29 June 2006.

 

MARSHALL ISLANDS


Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Act 1988.

MAURITIUS

HIV and AIDS Act 2006, 3 August 2007.

MEXICO

Official Mexican Regulation NOM-010-SSA2-1993 on the prevention and control of HIV infection, as amended through 16 March 2000.

Official Mexican Regulations NOM-039-SSA2 of 24 January 2003 on the prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections.

MOLDOVA

Law No. 23-XVI of 16 February 2007 on prevention and control of HIV/AIDS.

MONGOLIA

Law on AIDS prevention, 2004. 

National Strategy to respond to AIDS, 2003.

MOZAMBIQUE

Law No. 5/2002 of 5 February 2002 on non-discrimination in the workplace against workers or candidates for employment who are HIV/AIDS carriers.

NAMIBIA

Namibian HIV/AIDS Charter of Rights, 11 December 2000.

 


Guidelines for implementation of the National Code on HIV/AIDS in employment, 18 March 1998
.

NICARAGUA

Law No. 238 of 14 October 1996, Law on the Promotion, Protection, and Defense of Human Rights in the Face of AIDS. 

Legislative Decree No. 2378 of 20 October 1999 [Regulations to Law No. 238].

OMAN

Ministerial Resolution No. 1 of 19 January 1990 of the Ministry of Health on the National Programme for the Prevention of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

PANAMA

Law No. 3 of 5 January 2000 on sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and AIDS.

PERU

Law No. 26626 of 19 June 1996 giving the Ministry of Health responsibility for formulating a national Plan to Fight HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases. 

Supreme Decree No. 004-97-SA of 17 June 1997 approving Regulations to Law No. 26626, relating to achieving the objectives of the National Plan against AIDS. 

PHILIPPINES

Republic Act No. 8504, Philippines AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998, 13 February 1998.

Rules and Regulations Implementing the Philippines AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998, 13 April 1998. 

PORTUGAL

Law No. 3/2007 of 16 January 2007 [needle exchange for prisoners].

ROMANIA

Order No. 1201 of 16 October 1990 of the Ministry of Health on epidemiological surveillance, prevention of infection, and the provision of medical care to persons infected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 

Law No. 584/2002 of 29 October 2002 on measures to prevent the spread of AIDS in Romania and to protect persons infected with HIV or suffering from AIDS.

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Federal Law No. 38 of 30 March 1995 on the prevention of the spread in the Russian Federation of the disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection).

SIERRA LEONE

The Prevention and Control of HIV and AIDS Act, 2007, 15 June 2007.

SINGAPORE

Infectious Diseases Act [Part IIIA: Control of AIDS and HIV Infection].

SOUTH AFRICA

Operational Plan for Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care, Management and Treatment, 19 November 2003. 

Code of good practice: Key aspects of HIV/AIDS and employment, Regulation No. 1298 of 1 December 2000.

Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000. 

Employment Equity Act, 1998 (Act No. 55 of 1998), 12 October 1998. 

SWAZILAND

Policy Document on HIV/AIDS and STD Prevention and Control, 2002. 

SYRIA

Order No. 17/T of 30 March 1991 of the Ministry of Health, as amended through Order No. 122/T of 13 July 1993 [testing and general provisions, summary]. 

TANZANIA

National Policy on HIV/AIDS, September 2001.

 

Tanzania Commission for AIDS Act, 2001 (Act No. 22 of 2001), 9 January 2001.


THAILAND


National Plan for the Prevention and Alleviation of HIV/AIDS in Thailand 2002-2006
.

 


TUNISIA.


Act No. 921-71 of 27 July 1992 on communicable diseases [summary]UNISIA.

 


TURKMENISTAN

Regulations on HIV/AIDS testing in Turkmenistan, 7 June 1995.

UKRAINE

Law No.1972-XII On Prevention of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Social Protection of Population, 12 December 1991.

UZBEKISTAN                                             

Law of 19 August 1999 on preventive maintenance of disease caused by AIDS.

Regulations on Medical Testing to Reveal Infection by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (AIDS) and on Preventative Observations

VENEZUELA

Resolution No. SG-439 of 26 August 1994 of the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance [on testing]. 

VIET NAM

Ordinance of 31 May 1995 on the Prevention and Fight Against HIV-AIDS Infection.

Decree No. 34-CP of 1 June 1996 of the Government Guiding the Implementation of the Ordinance on the Prevention and Control of HIV-AIDS Infection. 

Decree No. 108/2007/ND-CP of 26 June 2007.

 

This Decree implements the Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control of 2006 with respect to harm-reduction measures, the provision of medicines, care for HIV-infected persons, and occupations that require HIV testing prior to recruitment. 

 

Decision No. 647/QD-BYT, 22 February 2007 [voluntary testing and counseling Guidelines].

ZAMBIA

National on HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Policy, 2005.

Integrated Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS Protocol Guidelines, April 2003.

ZIMBABWE

Labour Relations (HIV and AIDS) Regulations (Statutory Instrument No. 2002 of 1998), 14 August 1998

National Policy on HIV/AIDS for the Republic of Zimbabwe, December 1999.