Analyzing the Legal Framework of Epidemic Diseases Management in the Light of Comparative Studies
Akhlāq-i zīstī i.e., Bioethics Journal,
Vol. 13 No. 38 (1402),
28 May 2023
,
Page 1-14
https://doi.org/10.22037/bioeth.v13i38.45276
Abstract
Background and Aim: The spread of infectious diseases (such as cholera, smallpox and plague) has always caused many casualties in the country in the past centuries. In line with the existing experiences in this field, various measures were taken, including: teaching how to prevent and treat these types of diseases within the framework of the country's education system, passing the law on How to Prevent Sexually Transmitted and Contagious Diseases in 1320 and establishing the Department of Combating Infectious Diseases in the Ministry of Health in 1328.
Methods: The research method in the current basic research, descriptive-analytical and library-based, has investigated the existing laws and regulations in the legal system of Iran and other countries in the field of infectious disease control.
Ethical Considerations: In this research, the principles of trustworthiness, honesty, neutrality and originality of the work have been observed.
Results: Criticism of the laws and regulations of infectious diseases and experiences resulting from them; Denoting: the limitation of the range of existing regulations to a region or livestock and poultry or humans or a specific disease (exemplary regulations such as cholera or plague), the ineffectiveness of the existing regulations for implementation at the national level, the lack of up-to-date regulations and inconsistency between the relevant institutions.
Conclusion: Finally, by comparing the laws of other countries, it is concluded that the attitude of Iran's legal system towards infectious diseases is only as an event with a limited scope (local and exemplary). It is suggested that over time and with the emergence or reappearance of infectious diseases, more general regulations should be established.
- Regulation
- Infectious Diseases Management
- Diseases Control Rights
- Compensation
- Comparative Legal System
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