Chapter 3
BORDER QUARANTINE
Article 35. Objects and places of border quarantine
1. Border quarantine is applied to:
a/ Persons entering, leaving or transiting Vietnam;
b/ Means of transport entering, leaving or transiting Vietnam;
c/ Goods imported into, exported from, or transiting Vietnam;
d/ Corpses, remains, medical micro-organic samples, bio-products, tissues and parts of human bodies transported across Vietnams borders.
2. Border quarantine is conducted at border gates.
Article 36. Contents of border quarantine
1. Objects of border quarantine specified in Clause 1, Article 35 of this Law are subject to medical declaration.
2. Medical inspection includes inspection of health-related papers and physical inspection. Physical inspection shall be conducted of objects originating from or going through epidemic zones or suspected of suffering from an infectious disease or carrying agents of infectious disease.
3. Medical disposal shall be conducted after medical inspection has been conducted and objects of border quarantine are detected to carry agents of a class-A infectious disease. If receiving information reported by owners of means of transport or obtaining explicit evidences that a means of transport, a person or cargo carries agents of a class-A infectious disease, the means of transport, persons or cargo on board the means of transport must be isolated for medical inspection before it/they are allowed to carry out procedures for entering, leaving or transiting Vietnam; if it/they fails/fail to comply with the isolation request of the border quarantine body, an isolation measure shall be taken against it/them.
4. Infectious disease surveillance shall be conducted in border-gate areas under the provisions of Section 3, Chapter II of this Law.
Article 37. Responsibilities in conducting border quarantine
1. Persons specified at Point a, Clause 1 of Article 35, owners of means of transport or managers of objects specified at Points b, c and d, Clause 1, Article 35 of this Law shall make health declaration; comply with medical monitoring, inspection and disposal measures, and pay border quarantine charges as prescribed by law.
2. Border quarantine bodies shall organize the implementation of quarantine contents specified in Article 36 of this Law and issue medical disposal certificates.
3. Functional agencies based in border gates shall coordinate with border quarantine bodies in conducting border quarantine.
4. Competent state agencies shall coordinate with concerned agencies offoreign countries and international organizations in the prevention and control of infectious diseases in border areas.
5. The Government shall issue specific regulations on border quarantine.
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Luật Phòng, chống bệnh truyền nhiễm 2007 (Bản Word)