Chương VI Nghị định 89/2018/NĐ-CP: Điều kiện bảo đảm cho hoạt động kiểm dịch y tế biên giới

Chapter VI

CONDITIONS FOR GUARANTEEING BORDER HEALTH QUARANTINE SERVICES

Article 41. Border health quarantine units

1. Chairperson of the People’s Committee of the province where a border checkpoint is located shall take charge of stipulating functions, duties and powers of the border health quarantine unit located in such province according to the guidance of the Ministry of Health.

2. Material facilities, equipment, chemicals and medicines used for serving quarantine activities performed at the checkpoint:

a) Location, head office, working office for providing administrative and professional/ technical services in health quarantine;

b) Rooms for providing screening and health control services;

c) Isolation area/ room for persons suspected of suffering any infectious diseases and others accompanying or in close contact with them. In case the number of persons to be isolated is beyond the capacity of the existing isolation area/ room, other areas must be arranged for temporary isolation;

d) Locations of inspection, supervision and communications devices must be conformable with the location of the border health quarantine unit in the system for supervising and inspecting subjects of border health quarantine;

dd) Isolation area for inspection and control for conveyances and cargoes;

e) Other equipment, facilities, chemicals and essential medicines.

3. Minister of Health shall provide guidance on functions, duties and power of border health quarantine units; standards of material facilities and essential equipment for providing border health quarantine services as regulated in this Article.

4. The location of a border health quarantine unit in the system for supervising and inspecting subjects of border health quarantine:

a) With regard to land border checkpoints, the location of a border health quarantine unit shall be determined in accordance with regulations in Article 14 of the Government's Decree No. 112/2014/ND-CP dated November 21, 2014;

b) With regard to waterway, airway and railway checkpoints, a border health quarantine unit must be located first in the system for supervising and inspecting subjects of border health quarantine.

Article 42. Seals, symbols, badges, cards and uniforms of health quarantine officers

1. Health quarantine seals:

a) Health quarantine seals are operational seals in English according to the Form No. 16 stated in the Appendix enclosed herewith;

b) Border health quarantine units use health quarantine seals to verify quarantine results on forms stated in the Appendix enclosed herewith;

c) The number of health quarantine seals issued in a province equals the number of border checkpoints providing health quarantine services and head offices of border health quarantine units;

d) The head of a border health quarantine unit shall take charge of carving, use and management of its seal; prepare book to keep seal samples according to the Form No. 17 stated in the Appendix enclosed herewith;

dd) A border health quarantine unit shall only use the seal carved by a seal manufacturing facility granted certificate of fulfillment of public order requirements;

e) Border health quarantine units must submit reports on carving, re-carving, revocation, cancellation or loss of their seals to the Ministry of Health;

g) When carving or re-carving a seal, the border health quarantine unit must prepare and keep the following documents: the written request sent to the seal manufacturing facility for seal carving or re-carving; the letter of introduction authoring a person of the border health quarantine unit to carry out procedures for seal carving/ re-carving; the copy of ID card or citizen’s identity card of the person being introduced; the report submitted to the Ministry of Health as regulated in Point e of this Clause.

2. Symbols, badges, cards and uniforms of health quarantine officers, and traditional flags used in the border health quarantine system.

a) Symbols, badges, cards and uniforms of health quarantine officers, and traditional flags used by border health quarantine units, officials, public employees, and other employees working under long-term labour contracts at border health quarantine units are according to Forms No. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24 stated in the Appendix enclosed herewith;

b) Organizations and individuals that are not in the border health quarantine system are not allowed to use symbols, badges, cards and uniforms of health quarantine officers, and traditional flags similar to the ones of border health quarantine units as regulated in Point a Clause 2 of this Article;

c) Erasing, repairing or lending of symbols, badges, cards and uniforms of health quarantine officers, and traditional flags of border health quarantine units for serving other purposes is prohibited;

d) Border health quarantine units, officials, public employees, and other employees working under long-term labour contracts at border health quarantine units shall assume responsibility to manage and use provided symbols, badges, cards and uniforms of health quarantine officers, and traditional flags used in health quarantine. Any loss or damage thereof must be promptly reported to governing authorities;

dd) Each official, public employee, or other employee working under a long-term labour contract at border health quarantine unit shall be provided with: 02 sets of winter uniforms, 02 sets of summer uniforms, 01 belt, 01 raincoat, 02 pairs of stockings, 02 neckties and 02 sets of blouses for using during a year; an overcoat and a document bag for using during 02 years; and 01 set of badges, and 01 signboard for using during 05 years;

e) Any officials, public employees, and other employees working under long-term labour contracts at border health quarantine units are required to return signboards and health quarantine officer’s cards to their governing border health quarantine units when taking retirement, leaving job because of incapacitation, transferring to another job position, resigning, or ending labour contracts; they are not required to return their uniforms whose using term is not over but may not receive new uniforms;

g) Funding for buying, printing and making symbols, badges, cards and uniforms of health quarantine officers, and traditional flag of a border health quarantine unit shall be included in its estimate of expenditures covered by state budget approved by a competent authority according to applicable law regulations;

h) A health quarantine officer’s card shall be issued by the Director of General Department of Preventive Medicine affiliated to the Ministry of Health, and valid for 05 years;

i) A person is granted the health quarantine officer’s card only after he/she has completed a training course in border health quarantine operations organized by the General Department of Preventive Medicine affiliated to the Ministry of Health or other units authorized or assigned by the Ministry of Health, and at the request of the border health quarantine unit where he/she is working.

Article 43. Funding for border health quarantine services

1. Funding for border health quarantine services is derived from:

a) Funding from state budget;

b) Other sources of funding as regulated by law.

2. Funding provided by state budget is used for:

a) Making investment in material facilities, equipment and organization of border health quarantine activities as regulated;

b) Covering costs of disseminating information, educating activities and inspection of border health quarantine activities; training and doing researches on application of advanced techniques and methods in border health quarantine.