Malaysia legislation
Section 13
Section 13
When a person is known to be suffering from a notifiable disease, it shall be the duty of the persons hereafter mentioned, according to the circumstances hereafter mentioned, forthwith to send to the Health Officer a notice in the prescribed form
(a)
if the person is in a house, of the head of the family dwelling therein, or failing him of anyone in charge of and in attendance on the person, or failing him of the occupier of the house in which the person dwells;
(b)
if the person is in a school or other institution of any kind, of the head of the school or institution;
(c)
if the person is an employee, of his employer, or of the person in charge of the employee’s place of work;
(d)
if the person is in premises occupied by any visiting force lawfully present in
Sabah, of the person in charge there;
(e)
if the person is attended by or calls a registered medical practitioner, of the medical practitioner.
Penalty on exposure of persons liable to convey notifiable disease.