Malaysia legislation
Section 17
Section 17
(1)
If the Health Officer notifies a person having the care of a child who is, or has been, suffering from, or has been exposed to infection by, a notifiable disease that
See G.N.S 160/60.
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the child should not be sent to school, such person shall not permit the child to attend school until the Health Officer certifies that he may do so without undue risk of infecting others.
(2)
The person in charge of a school in which any person is suffering, or is suspected to be suffering, from a notifiable disease shall, if required by the Health Officer, furnish him with a complete list of the names and addresses of the scholars, teachers and other persons working at such school.
Duty of employer of persons suffering from notifiable disease.