Section 21
Duty of employer to segregate employee suffering from infectious disease
of Workers' Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990
On the occurrence of any infectious disease on any estate, it shall be the duty of the employer forthwith, if so directed by the
Medical Officer of Health or a Medical Officer, to provide a place where an employee may be segregated in the interest of public health or of any other employee employed on the estate and to make at his own expense such arrangements for the maintenance of such employee while so segregated and for the treatment of any employee suffering from such disease as may seem necessary to the Medical Officer of Health or such Medical Officer.
(2)
If at any time it appears to the Medical Officer of Health or a Medical Officer that an employee employed on any estate is suffering from any infectious disease or that it is otherwise necessary in the interest of public health or of the health of any other employee employed on the estate that he be removed and placed under medical supervision, it shall be lawful for the Medical Officer of Health or
Medical Officer to cause such employee to be removed to such place as he may direct and there to be detained until discharged by order in writing of the Medical Officer of Health or a Medical Officer.
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