Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Amendment) Act 2025 · s 2

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2.
Amendment of section 2
The Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988
[Act 342], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 2—
(a)	 by deleting the definition of “health inspector”;

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DISEASES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2025
(b)	 in the definition of “authorized officer”, by substituting for the words “any health inspector,” the words “any
Environmental Health Officer,”;
(c)	 in the definition of “Medical Officer of Health”—
(i)	 by substituting for the words “airport and port limits thereof,” the words “airport, port and land frontier limits thereof,”; and
(ii)	 by substituting for the words “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”
the words “any Deputy Director General of
Health, the Director of Disease Control, any
Deputy Director of Disease Control, the State
Health Director and any Deputy State Health
Director”;
(d)	 by inserting after the definition of “disinsecting” the following definition:
	 ‘ “Environmental Health Officer” means any
Environmental Health Officer in the service of the
Government or any local authority including the
Assistant Environmental Health Officer;’; and
(e)	 in the definition of “quarantine station”, by substituting for the words “an infectious disease hospital and any place” the words “any hospital and place”.

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s 2Amendment of section 2

The Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988

[Act 342], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 2—

(a)

by deleting the definition of “health inspector”;

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DISEASES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2025

(b)

in the definition of “authorized officer”, by substituting for the words “any health inspector,” the words “any

Environmental Health Officer,”;

(c)

in the definition of “Medical Officer of Health”—

(i)

by substituting for the words “airport and port limits thereof,” the words “airport, port and land frontier limits thereof,”; and

(ii)

by substituting for the words “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”

the words “any Deputy Director General of

Health, the Director of Disease Control, any

Deputy Director of Disease Control, the State

Health Director and any Deputy State Health

Director”;

(d)

by inserting after the definition of “disinsecting” the following definition:

‘ “Environmental Health Officer” means any

Environmental Health Officer in the service of the

Government or any local authority including the

Assistant Environmental Health Officer;’; and

(e)

in the definition of “quarantine station”, by substituting for the words “an infectious disease hospital and any place” the words “any hospital and place”.