Title: Decree 103/2010 / ND-CP guiding the Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases of the border medical quarantine

Type: Decree

Issuing Agency: Government

Responsible Agency: Ministry of Health

Issuing Date: 01-10-2010

 

This Decree provides health declaration, inspection and control for humans and vehicles on entry and exit and in transit, goods imported, exported or transited through Vietnam and corpses, remains, ashes, medical microorganism samples, bio-products, tissues and human body organs transported across Vietnam's border: surveillance of infectious diseases in border gate areas; border heath quarantine units and responsibilities for border health quarantine.

Interpretation of terms

In this Decree, the terms below are construed as follows:

1. Goods owner means the one that owns goods or is authorized to be responsible for goods on entry or exit or in transit through a border gate.

2. Vehicle owner means the one that owns, manages, rents or operates a vehicle or is authorized to be responsible for a vehicle on entry or exit or in transit through a border gate.

3. Health control certificate means a written certification of application of health control measures issued by a border health quarantine unit, including international certificate of vaccination or prophylaxis: certificate of health inspection and control for conveyances and cargo; ship sanitation control exemption certificate or ship sanitation control certificate: heath quarantine certificate of corpse, remains and ashes: and heath quarantine certificate of medical microorganism samples, bio-products, tissues and human body organs.

4. Goods means tangible products likely to carry agents of diseases or vectors, which are imported, exported or transited through border gates, including also mails, postal parcels, luggage and consumer goods on vehicles.

5. Luggage means articles essential for personal use or travel purposes of a person on entry or exit or in transit, including hand luggage and luggage sent before or after departure.

6. Border gate area means a place through which passengers, vehicles and goods enter, leave or transit Vietnam or are imported, exported or transited: a place through which corpses, remains, ashes, medical microorganism samples, bio-products, tissues and human body organs are transported across Vietnam's border: and concurrently a place in which services for passengers and vehicle and goods owners are provided under competent state agencies' regulations.

7. Heath quarantine officer means a person conducting border health quarantine.

 

For further details, Please see a reference translation  at http://hethongphapluatvietnam.com/decree-no-103-2010-nd-cp-of-october-01-2010-detailing-a-number-of-articles-of-the-law-on-prevention-and-control-of-infectious-diseases-regarding-border-heath-quarantine.html

 

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