The legislation, being reviewed by the health committee of the Federal National Council, states that a person who knowingly exposes another to a communicable disease can face up to five years in prison, a fine of up to Dh100,000 or both for failing to comply with control measures.
Under the bill, which requires approval by the House before being signed into a law by President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, a "communicable disease" is defined as an illness that occurs through the transmission of an infectious agent or its toxic products from a reservoir to a susceptible host, either directly or indirectly.
The draft law requires immediate reporting to the health authorities by physicians, medical technicians and chemists after their first professional encounter with persons known or suspected to be infected with certain diseases including anthrax, cholera, avian influenza, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis (A,E) and Tuberculosis (pulmonary and extra-pulmonary), among others.
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