Page 10 - Federal Law No. (14) of 2014 Concerning the Prevention of Communicable Diseases

Article 31
1. It is prohibited for any person who knows that he/ she is infected or suspected to be infected
with any of the communicable diseases, that the concerned department specified among those
mentioned in Table No. (1) attached hereto, to travel or move to any place other than the health
facility except after obtaining the approval of the Ministry or the health authority.
2. It is prohibited for any comer who knows that he/ she is infected or suspected to be infected
with any of the communicable diseases, that the concerned department specified among those
mentioned in Table No. (1) attached hereto, to enter the State except after informing the
Ministry or the health authority thereof and obtaining its approval. Moreover, he/ she must
notify the Ministry or the health authority immediately upon arrival to the State, in accordance
with the procedures determined by the executive regulation of this Law.
3. The health authority shall take the necessary measures with persons arriving to the State from
countries endemic with any of the communicable diseases, that the Ministry or health authority
specified among those mentioned in Table No. (1) attached hereto. Those arrivals shall be
subject to the necessary health procedures determined by the executive regulations of this Law
in order to ensure that they are free from any communicable diseases. The persons suspected
of being infected shall be subject to the procedures decided by the Ministry and the health
authority, including health isolation according to their health condition.
4. The Ministry announces the endemic countries as per the procedures determined by the
executive regulations of this Law.

Article 32
Upon knowing that he/ she is infected with one of the diseases mentioned in Table (1) attached
hereto, the infected person and his/ her contacts should go to the Ministry or the health authority
to receive the medicine, advice and awareness of the risks of infection and the ways of transmitting
the infection.

Article 33
Upon knowing that he/ she is infected with one of the diseases mentioned in Table (1) attached
hereto, the infected person must adhere to the preventive measures, implement prescriptions, and
adhere to the instructions given to him/ her, in order to prevent the transmission of infection to
others.

Article 34
It is prohibited for any person who knows that he/ she is infected or suspected to be infected with
any of the diseases mentioned in Table No. (1) attached hereto to behave in a manner that results
in the transmission of the disease to others.

*In case of any misinterpretation, the Arabic version of this legislation prevails.