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Environmental Health Delivery in Malaysia: Environmental Health Law Enforcement

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dc.contributor.authorMohd Ridzuan Busmah
dc.contributor.authorNik Nur Amalin Zahirah Nik Ab. Rahim
dc.contributor.authorNoor Nadiah Abdul Kadir
dc.contributor.authorTawfeeq Abdullah Saleh Tawfeeq
dc.contributor.authorMohammad Rafiq Baderu Khisam
dc.contributor.authorFarah Ayuni Shafie
dc.contributor.authorNazri Che Dom
dc.contributor.authorMohd Ruhaizie Riyadzi
dc.contributor.authorLoo Poh Lai
dc.contributor.authorNozaizeli Abu Samah
dc.contributor.authorSiti Shahara Zulfakar
dc.contributor.authorNasri Hisyam Mohamed
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T03:14:14Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T03:14:14Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIn Malaysia, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Housing and Local Government (MHLG) are the main backbone to enforce public health legislation. The main objective or intention of public health enforcement which is conducted from time to time is to protect the public from threat or health hazards, besides creating awareness and promoting the public to comply with national laws. Currently the public health enforcement laws are Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342), Food Act 1983 (Act 281), Destruction of Disease-bearing Insects Act 1975 (Act 154), and the Hydrogen Cyanide Act 1953 (Act 260). Department of Health is responsible to protect public health by conducting intervening activity which includes premises inspection, issuance of writing order to destroy disease-bearing insects or pathogens and writing order the closure of the infected premises, compounding offenders who harboured breeding mosquitoes, compounding who flout the no-smoking rule at non-smoking gazetted areas and selling tobacco products to persons under the age of 18 or school children who have possession of tobacco product. Order of closure (cleaning and hygiene improvement) needs the premises to temporarily close for the purpose of prevention and control activities in case of massive mosquito breeding, stop transmissible disease pathogen or unhygienic food premises. MOH also coordinated fumigation courses, examination and issuance of fumigation licenses for fumigation operators, in accordance with the requirements of the Hydrogen Cyanide Act 1953 (Act 260). The Sector of Inspectorate and Legal (SIP) at the Ministry of Health (MOH) is responsible for monitoring the public health law enforcement activities conducted throughout the state health departments and district health offices. Environmental Health Consultation Division (EHCD) in Local Government Authorities plays a key role in the implementation of environmental health policy and monitoring the roles and functions of local authority based on the provisions of the law. The EHCD is responsible to allocate funding to municipal bodies for prevention and environmental health control programs. Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171) is the ‘parent laws’ regulating city councils, municipal councils and district councils. By-laws (UUK) related to environmental health as provided under Section 73 and Section 102 Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171), has been approved on the 32nd National Council Meeting on Local Government which held on 16 October 1987 to be adopted by Local Authorities and State Authorities. The local authority has the right to create, amend or revoke the by-laws in accordance with the interest of the administrative area of the local authority. According to Ministry of Housing and Local Government (MHLG), there are currently 149 local authorities, consisting of 12 city councils, 39 municipal councils, 98 district councils and five special and modified local authorities in Malaysia (MHLG, 2019). While there are quite a number of local authorities constituted in Malaysia, there are few concerns that need to be resolved to ensure that their roles are completely utilized. Today, public health programs and activities such as food safety systems and dengue outbreak control within the local authority is not fully practiced under their jurisdiction. The local authority in Malaysia needs the Ministry of Health (MOH) to conduct environmental health protection activity in their authority area.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.nih.gov.my/handle/123456789/587
dc.language.isoen
dc.titleEnvironmental Health Delivery in Malaysia: Environmental Health Law Enforcement
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