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Item No Bahamian Short Title    Date Commenced
 
2000-0043 Dangerous Drugs Act 28 December 2000
1952-0293 Dangerous Drugs (Dispensing of Narcotics) Rules 19 December 1952
1981-0046 Dangerous Drugs (Methaqualone) Order 27 August 1981
1989-0021 Dangerous Drugs (Prescription of Minimum Amounts) Rules 15 February 1989
1994-0077 Dangerous Drugs Act (Application) Order 13 November 1994
1989-0016 Dental Act 30 September 1990
1991-0028 Dental Regulations, 1991 12 March 1991
1987-0004 Environmental Health Services Act 26 May 1987
1989-0069 Environmental Health (Fees for Services) Regulations 31 December 1989
2004-0022 Environmental Health Services (Collection and Disposal of Waste) Regulations 31 March 2004
1985-0001 Food Act 30 December 1985
2002-0087 Food (Seafood Processing and Inspection) Regulations 05 August 2002
1998-0031 Health Professions Act 30 April 2000
2000-0076 Health Professions (Complaints and Disciplinary Proceedings) Regulations 2000 22 August 2000
2000-0078 Health Professions (General) Regulations 2000 21 August 2000
1914-0017 Health Services Act 21 June 1914
1935-0071 Health Rules 19 April 1935
1976-0129 Health Services (Tobacco Advertising and Sales) Rules 02 January 1977
1975-0071 Hospital Rules 19 April 1935
1998-0034 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities Act 30 April 2000
2000-0096 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities (Application and Licensing Forms) Regulations 19 December 2000
2000-0097 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities (Fees) Regulations 19 December 2000
2000-0098 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities (General) Regulations 19 December 2000
1928-0010 Lepers Act 04 July 1928
2014-0029 Medical Act 16 July 2014
1969-0016 Mental Health Act 27 July 1969
1969-0046 Mental Health (Forms) Regulations 17 September 1969
1971-0012 Nurses and Midwives Act 17 October 1971
1993-0003 Nurses and Midwives (Nurses Agencies) Regulations 24 January 1993
1971-0101 Nurses and Midwives Regulations 27 October 1971
1948-0007 Penicillin Act 16 August 1948
1962-0025 Pharmacy Act 22 May 1962
1966-0048 Pharmacy (Prohibited Drugs) Rules 29 June 1966
2007-0002 Precursor Chemicals Act 22 April 2007
1998-0032 Public Hospitals Authority Act 30 June 1999
2003-0092 Public Hospitals Authority (Medical Staff) Byelaws, 2003 14 December 2003
1947-0028 Public Market and Slaughterhouse Act 01 July 1947
1952-0145 Public Markets and Slaughterhouses Rules 11 July 1952
1958-0162 Slaughterhouse (Oakes Field) Order 19 September 1958
1905-0002 Quarantine Act 17 April 1905
2004-0024 Residential Care Establishments Act 30 June 2005
2005-0011 Residential Care Establishments Regulations 01 March 2005
1945-0021 Venereal Diseases Act 11 July 1945

 

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