PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES ACT 1988Section 12. Infected persons not to act in a manner likely to spread infectious disease.(1) No person who knows or has reason to believe that he is suffering from an infectious disease
shall expose other persons to the risk of infection by his presence or conduct in any public place
or any other place used in common by persons other than the members of his own family or
household.(2) No person who knows or has reason to believe that he is suffering from any infectious disease
specified in Part II of the First Schedule shall do any act which he knows or has reason to believe
is likely to lead to the spread of such infectious disease.
(3) Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence.(4) This section shall not apply to any person whose presence or conduct in such place as
mentioned in subsection (1) is necessary for the purpose of obtaining medical treatment.
Section 24. General penalty.Any person guilty of an offence under this Act for which no specific penalty is provided shall be
liable on conviction-
(a) in respect of a first offence, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to
fine or to both;(b) in respect of a second or subsequent offence, to imprisonment not exceeding five
years or to fine or to both;
( c) in respect of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding two hundred ringgit
for every day during which such offence continues.
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SEVENTH SCHEDULE
[Subregulation 6(1)]
Category of organisms according to Risk Group
A Risk Group is defined by criteria developed by the World Health Organization based
on the pathogenicity of the organism, the mode and relative ease of transmission, the
degree of risk to both an individual and a community and the reversibility of the disease,
through the availability of known and effective preventive measures and treatment, as follows:
Risk Group 1:
Organism, which is unlikely to cause disease in a healthy individual,
plant or animal. For the purpose of these Regulations, all organisms
not listed in Risk Group 2, 3 and 4 falls under Risk Group 1.
Risk Group 2:
Organism, which is known to cause disease in a healthy individual.
Infectious risk is via direct contact, ingestion or inhalation. Effective
treatment, preventive and control measures are readily available
and can be implemented to control disease transmission. Risk of
spread to a community is limited
Risk Group 3:
Organism, which may be an exotic or indigenous agent with
potential in transmitting disease mainly via aerosol. Disease caused
is severe and may result in death. It could present a risk if spread in
the community, however effective treatment, preventive and control
measures are available.
Risk Group 4:
Organism, which may be exotic agent or new agent usually able to
cause life-threatening human disease. The infectious disease is
readily transmissible from one individual to another. Infectious
disease is transmitted via aerosol or it may not be known. Effective
treatment, preventive and control measures are not available. Any
newly discovered organism, which has not yet been categorized
under these Regulations falls under Risk Group 4.
BACTERIA, CHLAMYDIA, MYCOPLASMA AND RICKETTSIARisk Group 2-- Chlamydia trachomatis-- Neisseria gonorrhoeaeVIRUSES AND PRIONSRisk Group 2-- Papillomaviridae
Genus: Papillomavirus
All Human papilloma virusesSOS 1SOS 2