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The Telangana Infectious Diseases Act, 1950

The Telangana Infectious Diseases Act, 1950

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This law regulates the prevention, containment, and control of contagious illnesses across Telangana. It applies to all residents, medical practitioners, property owners, local authorities, and business operators. The legislation mandates prompt reporting of listed infectious diseases and unusual animal mortality to public health officials. It grants health authorities powers to inspect premises, quarantine or hospitalize infected individuals, disinfect or destroy contaminated property, close unsafe water sources, ban large public gatherings, and restrict infected people from engaging in certain trades, using public transport, or visiting public spaces. This law matters because it equips local governments with essential powers to control epidemic outbreaks and protect public health.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Obligations to convey information.
  4. 4. Power of entry to take preventive measures.
  5. 5. Removal of infected persons to hospital.
  6. 6. Prohibition of the exposure of other persons to infection
  7. 7. Infected persons not to engage in certain trades and occupations
  8. 8. Destruction of hut or infected materials to prevent spread of infection
  9. 9. Closure of lodging houses
  10. 10. Infected clothes not to be sent to laundry
  11. 11. Infected person not to use public conveyance
  12. 12. Letting or sub-letting a building occupied by an infected person
  13. 13. Forbidding work in infected premises
  14. 14. Prohibition of use of public library by infected persons
  15. 15. Disposal of bodies of persons dying from infectious disease
  16. 16. Power of Government to confer special powers on officers to control infectious diseases
  17. 17. Power of Magistrate to prohibit an assembly of fifty or more persons
  18. 18. Destruction of rats, mice etc.
  19. 19. Prevention of infectious diseases transmissible from animals
  20. 20. Appointment of additional Health Staff
  21. 21. Provision and maintenance of isolation hospitals and wards
  22. 22. Provision of ambulances etc.
  23. 23. Prohibition of the use of water from suspected source.
  24. 24. Occupation of house to prevent the spread of infection.
  25. 25. Penalties for offences.
  26. 26. Rules.
  27. 27. Inconsistent provisions of law to cease to have effect.

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