Health Act No 21 of 2017▤
Regulations
The Cabinet Secretary in consultation with the Director General shall make regulations generally for the better carrying out of th…
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Health Act No 21 of 2017▤
General penalty
(1) A person convicted of an offence under this Act for which no penalty is provided shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not…
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Public service
(1) Any public officer appointed by the Public Service Commission in exercise of its constitutional powers and functions before th…
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Existing laws
(1) Except to the extent that this Act expressly provides to the contrary, all rightsand obligations, however arising, of the Gove…
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Fields of collaboration
Subject to section 106, the fields in which the need for collaboration, consultation and cooperation shall be necessary include, t…
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Training
(1) The establishment, management and maintenance of institutions for the training of all categories of health professionals shall…
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Collaboration
(1) While the Cabinet Secretary responsible for health shall bear primary responsibility for this Act, the respective levels of go…
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Health information system
(1) The Ministry of health shall facilitate the establishment and maintenance of a comprehensive integrated health information sys…
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E—legislation
The Cabinet Secretary shall, within three years of the operation of this Act, ensure the enactment of legislation that provides fo…
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E—health
E—Health shall be a recognized mode of health service.
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Donor support and collaborative arrangements
Notwithstanding the responsibility of national government under section 92 of this Act, non-governmental and international organiz…
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Research budget
Having regard to the necessity of both scientific and policy research in the field of health in Kenya, a portion of not less than…
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Minors
(1) Where research or experimentation is to be conducted on a minor for a therapeutic purpose, the research or experimentation may…
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Research Approval
(1) Where medical and scientific research is to be conducted on human subjects, details shall in all cases be submitted as per the…
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Procedures
Except as may be provided in the Fourth Schedule, the Committee may regulate its own procedure.
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Institute
(1) The Kenya Medical Research Institute established under the Science and Technology Act (Cap. 250) shall review its programmes t…
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Functions of the Committee
(1) The Committee shall make recommendations on the development on the national research for health policy and on the various prio…
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Term of office
(1) The term of office of the Chairperson shall be five years, renewable for one further term of five years. (2) The chairperson m…
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Membership
The membership of the Committee established under this section shall as much as possible reflect ethnic, gender, county and region…
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Establishment of the National Health Research Committee
(1) There shall be established by the Cabinet Secretary, a National Health Research Committee which shall be a technical committee…
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Partnership agreements
(1) Where appropriate, and subject to the provisions of the Public Private Partnerships Act (No. 15 of 2013), the Cabinet Secretar…
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Duty of licensees
(1) Institutions licensed under section 88 and private health workers licensed under section 89 shall irrespective of any specific…
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Private health workers
Private health workers appropriately qualified to practice any health profession shall similarly be entitled to practice their pro…
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Licensing of private entities to operate hospitals. clinics, etc.
(1) Private entities shall be permitted to operate hospitals, clinics, laboratories and other institutions in the health sector, s…
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