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a hotel;

a hostel; or

any institution of refuge or rest for persons needing care;

“commander” means the person for the time being in command of an aircraft or a ship;

“contact” means any person who has been or is likely to have been exposed to the risk of contracting an infectious disease, including any person arriving from an infected area;

“contamination” means the presence of agents of an infectious disease on the surface of or in non-living things or on the body surface of living things;

“derat” means to render free from rodents;

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“Director General” means the Director General of Health;

“disinfect” means to destroy or remove the agents of disease;

“disinsecting” means the operation in which measures are taken to kill noxious insects;

“epidemic” means an extension of a disease by a multiplication of cases in an area;

“food” includes any substance consumed by human beings or animals or any substance used in the composition or preparation of any such substance and also includes flavouring matters and condiments, but does not include drugs;

“health inspector” means any health inspector in the service of the

Government or of any local authority;

“immunization” means the introduction of specific antigens or antibodies into the human body with the object of conferring immunity against the disease in question, and includes vaccination;

“infection” means the entry of agents of an infectious disease into living things and the multiplication of such agents in living things;

“infectious disease” means any disease specified in the First

Schedule;

“infested” means infested with rodents or noxious insects;

“International Health Regulations” means the International Health

Regulations as adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1969 and as amended from time to time;

“isolation” when applied to a person or a group of persons means the separation of that person or group of persons from other persons, except the personnel in charge of the care and isolation of such persons, in such a manner as to prevent the spread of infection, and includes the treatment of that person or group of persons;

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“Medical Officer of Health” means any medical practitioner in the service of the Government or any local authority who is for the time being carrying out the duties of a Medical Officer of Health in any area, district, or local authority area, including the airport and port limits thereof, and includes the Director General, the Deputy Director

General of Health, the Director of Health Services, any Deputy

Director of Health Services, any State Director of Medical and Health

Services, any State Deputy Director of Medical and Health Services, the Sabah State Director of Medical Services and his Deputy and the

Sarawak State Director of Medical Services and his Deputy;

“medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Act 1971 [Act 50];

“noxious insect” means any arthropod carrying or causing or capable of carrying or causing any infectious disease, and includes the eggs, larvae and pupae of such arthropod;

“observation” means the segregation of any contact or person suspected of suffering from any infectious disease for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not he is suffering from any infectious disease, and includes the treatment of that person;

“pathogenic organism or substance” includes—

any animal;

any noxious insect;

any living germ, microbe, bacteria or virus;

the culture of any germ, microbe, bacteria or virus; or

the product of any germ, microbe, bacteria or virus, capable of causing any infectious disease;

“port” means a seaport or an inland navigation port which is normally frequented by ships;

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“premises” includes any structure, permanent or otherwise, the land on which the structure is situated, and any adjoining land used in connection therewith, and also includes any street, open space or vehicle;

“quarantine station” means any place where isolation or observation is carried out and includes an infectious disease hospital and any place declared by the Minister in the Gazette to be a quarantine station;

“ship” includes any vessel used in navigation by water;

“surveillance” means the subjection of any person, who is not isolated, to periodical examination or enquiry for the purpose of ascertaining his state of health and to conditions imposed by an authorized officer for such purpose;

“treatment” includes all such acts and procedures as may be necessary for the purpose of determining whether a person is infected with an infectious disease;

“vehicle” includes a ship, an aircraft, a train, a road vehicle and any other means of transport.

Any reference to “airport” or “port” includes a reference to any structure, permanent or otherwise, within the limits thereof.