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National Health Insurance Coverage for Autistic Children (Dec. 24, 2008) by Ruth Levush
On November 5, 2008, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed an amendment to the National Health Insurance Law. According to the amendment, minors under 18 years of ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: Israel
Universal Health Plan and Citizens Abroad (Nov. 19, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
Article 5 of the National Health Insurance Act of the Republic of Korea states that Korean nationals who reside in the country are national health insurance ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: South Korea
High Court Bans Tainted Brands of Milk Powder (Nov. 19, 2008) by Shameema Rahman
The Bangladesh High Court has ordered the government to stop the sale of eight brands of imported milk powder after tests showed them to be tainted ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: Bangladesh
Smoking in Public Places to Be Banned (Nov. 18, 2008) by Wendy Zeldin
It was reported on November 6, 2008, that the Government of Nepal soon plans to introduce a law banning smoking in public areas, some two years ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: Nepal
Draft Food Safety Law (Nov. 04, 2008) by Wendy Zeldin
On October 23, 2008, China's legislature began review of a stricter draft food safety law, following criticism from the United Nations over the country's slow response ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: China
Dairy Product Quality and Safety Regulations (Nov. 03, 2008) by Wendy Zeldin
On October 9, 2008, and effective the same day, China State Council issued Regulations on Supervision and Administration of Dairy Product Quality and Safety (Dairy Product ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: China
Injunction Against Posters Criticizing Dairy Company Linked to Melamine (Oct. 08, 2008) by Constance Johnson
It was reported on October 3, 2008, that a district court in Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital, issued an injunction against a poster campaign in the city. ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: Sri Lanka
House Passes Law on HIV Privacy, Prevention (Sep. 10, 2008) by Hanibal Goitom
On September 2, 2008, the Liberian House of Representatives, part of the bicameral legislature, passed the Anti HIV/AIDS Law, designed to protect the privacy of individuals ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: Liberia
Doctors Can Disclose Gender of an Embryo (Sep. 05, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
The Constitutional Court of South Korea ruled on July 31, 2008, that a Medical Law provision that bans doctors from telling parents the gender of their ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Foodstuffs More Tightly Regulated (Jul. 02, 2008) by Wendy Zeldin
Amendments to Taiwan's Food Sanitation Management Law were promulgated on June 11, 2008. Among other measures, the revisions:
• provide a definition of “special nutritional supplement, ” ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: Taiwan
Stem Cell Research Approved (Jul. 02, 2008) by Eduardo Soares
On May 29, 2008, following a close vote, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court approved the use of embryonic stem cells to conduct research for finding cures ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: Brazil
Judge Orders Safe Injection Site Open in Vancouver (Jul. 02, 2008) by Stephen Clarke
In 2003, the Canadian federal government granted the Vancouver Coastal Health and PHS Community Services Society temporary permission to operate a supervised narcotic injection site in ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: Canada
Legislation to Ban Traditional AIDS "Healers" (May. 02, 2008) by Hanibal Goitom
Malawi's lawmakers are examining draft legislation designed to put an end to practices of traditional healers who "prescribe sex with albinos, the disabled or virgins as ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: Malawi
Prohibition on Smoking at Military Bases and Police Installations (Apr. 02, 2008) by Ruth Levush
On February 19, 2008, Israel's Knesset (Parliament) passed an amendment to the Prevention and Exposure to Smoking in Public Places Law, 5743-1983. Prior to the passage ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: Israel
Federal Law Preempts State Lawsuits Involving Medical Devices (Mar. 02, 2008) by Luis Acosta
The Supreme Court ruled on February 20 that because the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 (MDA) preempts state regulation of medical devices that were approved by ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: United States
Trans Fat Labeling (Feb. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
The amendment of the country's Food Sanitation Law made it possible for the Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) to implement trans fat labeling regulations in ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Total Ban on Tobacco Advertisement (Feb. 02, 2008) by Peter Roudik
On January 10, 2007, the Government of the Russian Federation adopted the Resolution on Joining the Framework Convention of the World Health Organization on the Fight ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: Russian Federation
First Asbestosis Compensation Case (Jan. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
The Daegu District Court ordered an asbestos cloth making company to pay 160 million won in compensation to the bereaved family of a former worker on ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Proposal to Require Chaperones for Medical, Dental Exams (Jan. 02, 2008) by Eduardo Soares
In an effort to obviate sexual abuse, the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is analyzing a proposed law that makes mandatory the presence of ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: Brazil
Drug Company Officials Face Contempt of Court Charges (Jan. 02, 2008) by Hanibal Goitom
It was reported on December 25, 2007, that a judge in the Nigerian state of Kano ordered the arrest of high executives of the subsidiary in ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: Nigeria
Last updated: 12/24/2008