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| Document number | 5069 |
| Document issuer | Parliament of Georgia |
| Date of issuing | 27/06/2007 |
| Document type | Law of Georgia |
| Source and date of publishing | LHG, 26, 12/07/2007 |
| Registration code | 470.000.000.05.001.002.920 |
| Consolidated publications | |
Consolidated version (final)
Law of Georgia
on Public Health
Chapter I – General Provisions
Article 1 – The purpose of the Law
The purpose of this Law shall be to promote the health of the population and the maintenance of a healthy lifestyle; to ensure a safe environment for human health; to promote the protection of family reproductive health, and to prevent the spread of communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Article 2 – The scope of the Law
1. This Law shall apply to all natural and legal persons staying in the territory of Georgia.
2. This Law shall not apply to individual treatment and rehabilitation of natural persons, unless it directly proceeds from this Law.
Article 3 – Definition of terms
The terms used in this Law shall have the following meanings:
a) public healthcare – a set of measures aiming to improve public health, and to prevent and control diseases;
b) the Ministry – the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia;
c) a Public Health Centre – a public health centre of the Ministry;
d) a health care provider – a natural or legal person providing health care, who holds a state certificate to engage in independent medical practice, or a licence to engage in a specific medical practice;
e) an epidemic – a substantial growth of disease cases over a specified period of time in a specific territory or a single population group compared to the expected (background) level;
f) an epidemic outbreak – a sharp increase in the occurrence of new cases of a communicable disease per a limited number of population over a short period of time;
g) a pandemic – an unusually wide spread occurrence of a communicable disease (throughout several countries, continents or worldwide) involving a significant part of the population;
h) an epidemic focus – a site of a source of infection and its adjacent territory, within which healthy people may, under the given conditions, get infected with a pathogenic agent;
i) especially dangerous infections – diseases caused by highly pathogenic biological agents posing an extreme risk to human and/or animal health;
i1) especially dangerous pathogens – a pathogen or highly infectious biological agents and toxins, which cause the especially dangerous infections that can severely affect public health and safety;
j) epidemiological surveillance – an ongoing system of collection, analysis, and dissemination of population health data;
k) isolation – separation of a diseased or an infected person from other people during the infectious period of a disease in a place and/or under the conditions that will limit or rule out direct or indirect transmission of the disease from him/her to another person;
l) quarantine measures – a set of measures applied against a person who is not diseased but has been exposed to a communicable disease case during the period of communicability;
m) preventive therapy – medical interventions (vaccination, or taking specific medicines) to prevent the spread of communicable diseases among the patients of risk groups;
n) preventive vaccination – administration of a vaccine in a human body (vaccination) for the specific immune development against communicable diseases;
o) the National Immunisation Schedule – the list of infectious diseases against which preventive vaccination is mandatory, and the age, time limits and procedures for preventive vaccination;
p) a nosocomial infection – an infection acquired at a health care facility;
q) a zoonotic disease – a common disease of humans and animals;
r) a pathogenic biological agent – a micro-organism, a biological toxin, or any object or material containing them;
s) the International Health Regulations (IHR) – a document adopted by the 58th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization, which is an international global instrument for protection against the spread of diseases;
t) biological safety – a system of organisational, biomedical, and engineering and technological measures and means designed to protect the personnel, population and environment against the exposure of pathogenic biological agents;
u) circulation of chemical substances – the import, export and transit of chemical substances;
v) sanitary standards – mandatory technical regulations determined by the Ministry for ensuring public health;
w) hygienic standards – the mandatory standards determined by the Ministry for a particular group;
x) fortified food products – food products enriched with microelements and vitamins that are intended to prevent diseases caused by the deficiency of vitamins and microelements;
y) a particular group – for the purposes of this Law, all persons who have a lack of, or limited capacity of making an independent decision (minors, persons with disabilities, the elderly, or inpatients) and whose freedom of action has been restricted by the state.
z) the National Public Health Care Recommendation (Guidelines) – an evidence-based national recommendation to be approved by the Ministry for planning and managing the measures for the prevention and investigation, epidemiological surveillance and epidemiological control of communicable and non-communicable diseases; and the measures that promote human health and ensure safe environment for health.
Law of Georgia No 3417 of 1 April 2015 – website, 14.4.2015
Law of Georgia No 3115 of 5 July 2018 – website, 11.7.2018
Law of Georgia No 3115 of 14 November 2018 – website, 3.12.2018
Article 4 – Basic principles of the Law
The basic principles of this Law shall be:
a) the insurance of necessary measures to prevent risks related to public health;
b) the clear division of the competences of state authorities in the field of public health and their close informational coordination in planning and implementation of health-related measures;
c) the clear division of powers of state authorities and municipalities in the field of public health;
d) the protection of public health by adhering to the fundamental human rights and freedoms recognised by the international agreements and treaties of Georgia, and the legislation of Georgia.
Law of Georgia No 6890 of 15 July 2020 – website, 28.7.2020
Chapter II – Rights and Obligations of Population and Legal Persons in the Field of Public Health
Article 5 – The rights and obligations of the population and legal persons in the field of public health
1. Every person staying in the territory of Georgia shall:
a) not carry out activities that pose a risk of spreading communicable or non-communicable diseases, and cause the health-related risks;
b) if there is a risk of emergence and spread of communicable diseases, undergo all the medical procedures, at the request of the competent authorities, necessary to avoid the health risk of other persons;
c) terminate the activity if it poses a risk to public health;
d) comply with the sanitary and epidemiological standards;
e) inform a Public Health Centre about all the emergency situations caused by the violation of sanitary standards in production and technological processes;
f) if there are no medical contraindications, undergo vaccination when there is a risk of an outbreak or wide spreading of communicable diseases, and/or emergence of an epidemic;
g) undergo preventive vaccination if his/her activity is related to a high risk of spreading of communicable diseases;
h) adhere to the National Immunisation Schedule in accordance with the procedure and within the scope established by the legislation of Georgia.
2. Every person staying in the territory of Georgia shall have the right to:
a) be protected from communicable diseases at a health care provider facility;
b) refuse to undergo preventive measures if there is no risk of epidemic or pandemic. A person whose activity is related to a high risk of spreading of communicable diseases shall not have the right to refuse to undergo preventive measures;
c) live in a healthy environment;
d) be timely provided with comprehensive information on the purpose and necessity of preventive vaccination, expected clinical outcomes, the risks associated with the vaccination, and possible consequences of the refusal to get vaccinated.
3. All enterprises shall:
a) observe the current public health legislation of Georgia;
b) inform a Public Health Centre of all the emergency situations caused by the violation of sanitary standards in production and technological processes.
31. All the persons engaged in the performance of aesthetic and cosmetic procedures in public facilities shall observe the technical regulations – the sanitary standards for the prevention and control of infections when performing aesthetic and cosmetic procedures in public facilities.
32. A person specified in paragraph 31 of this article shall have the activity in question registered in the registry of economic activities under the procedure determined by the legislation of Georgia, and in the case of commencement or termination of the activity, and/or in the case of any change in the registered data related to this activity, he/she shall, under the procedure determined by the legislation of Georgia, apply to the Legal Entity under Public Law operating under the Ministry of Justice of Georgia – the National Agency of Public Registry to have the change recorded in the registry of economic activities.
4. The failure to fulfil the requirements of this article shall be punishable under the legislation of Georgia.
Law of Georgia No 5571 of 24 June 2016 – website, 13.7.2016
Law of Georgia No 3115 of 14 November 2018 – website, 3.12.2018
Chapter III – Prevention of Communicable Diseases
Article 6 – Obligations of the State in the field of prevention of communicable diseases
The state shall ensure:
a) the arrangement and surveillance of the vaccination defined by the National Immunisation Schedule;
b) the arrangement and surveillance of the supply, storage and transportation of preparations necessary for the vaccination defined by the National Immunisation Schedule;
c) in the case of epidemiological indications, the arrangement of preventive vaccination and of the effective detection of communicable diseases.
Article 7 – Obligations of the Ministry in the field of prevention of communicable diseases
1. The Ministry shall ensure:
a) the epidemiological surveillance of communicable diseases;
b) the prevention of communicable diseases, including preventive vaccination;
c) the supervision of the vaccination defined under the National Immunisation Schedule and the vaccination according to epidemiological indications;
d) the maintenance of the national statistics on the vaccination defined under the National Immunisation Schedule;
e) the maintenance of the statistics on the incidence of communicable diseases, including the especially dangerous infections;
f) the laboratory confirmation of an epidemic outbreak and epidemics;
g) the treatment of infected persons to prevent the spread of communicable diseases;
h) the accessibility to the vaccination defined under the National Immunisation Schedule for persons staying in the territory of Georgia.
2. For the purpose of performing preventive vaccination, the Ministry shall:
a) define the time limits and procedures for performing preventive vaccination, and the forms of appropriate medical documents and immunisation cards;
b) make the decision on launching the vaccination against the diseases according to epidemiological indications;
c) ensure that the maximum number of persons residing in Georgia are vaccinated with the vaccines defined under the National Immunisation Schedule;
d) control the supply of health care providers with high quality, efficient and safe preparations necessary for preventive vaccination of the population;
e) define the storage and transportation procedures for the preparations necessary for preventive vaccination;
f) carry out supervision of the storage and transportation of the preparations necessary for preventive vaccination.
3. The Ministry shall determine the procedures for the epidemiological surveillance, prevention and control of nosocomial infections.
4. The following shall be defined by a legal act of the Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia:
a) the National Immunisation Schedule;
b) the list of activities for which preventive immunisation is mandatory;
c) the list of activities related to a high risk of spreading of communicable diseases, and the list of appropriate preventive measures;
d) the list of facilities where a natural person may be employed only after he/she has done preventive immunisation.
5. The Ministry shall ensure that persons engaged in the activities specified in paragraph (4)(c) of this article are informed about the recommended vaccination.
6. The procedure for performing preventive immunisation within the Defence Forces of Georgia and at a penitentiary institution of the state sub-agency institution within the Ministry of Justice of Georgia – the Special Penitentiary Service (the ‘Penitentiary Service’) (the ‘penitentiary institution’) shall be established by the Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, unless otherwise provided for by the legislation of Georgia.
7. The Ministry shall disseminate information on the upcoming preventive measures, including about the vaccination-related procedures.
8. The Ministry shall determine the sanitary standards for penitentiary institutions.
Law of Georgia No 2729 of 9 March 2010 – LHG I, No 12, 24.3.2010, Art. 65
Law of Georgia No 3548 of 1 May 2015 – website, 18.5.2015
Law of Georgia No 3115 of 5 July 2018 – website, 11.7.2018
Law of Georgia No 3599 of 31 October 2018 – website, 21.11.2018
Law of Georgia No 3532 of 21 September 2023 – website, 12.10.2023
Article 8 – Obligations of health care providers in the field of prevention of communicable diseases
1. An appropriate health care provider shall provide a person residing in Georgia with comprehensive information on the essence and necessity of preventive vaccination, the expected clinical outcome, the risks related to preventive vaccination and the potential consequences in the case of refusal of the vaccination. If such a person is a minor or a person with limited legal capacity, the health care provider must communicate this information to his/her legal representative.
2. If a person refuses to do preventive vaccination, a health care provider shall prepare an appropriate document of the form defined by the Ministry.
3. A health care provider shall submit information to a Public Health Centre under the procedure established by the Ministry with regard to the preventive vaccination performed.
4. A health care provider shall submit a report on the statistical data to a competent authority, under the procedure established by the Ministry.
5. A health care provider shall ensure prevention and control of nosocomial infections.
Law of Georgia No 3365 of 20 March 2015 – website, 31.3.2015
Article 9 – Prevention of communicable diseases while travelling outside the borders of Georgia
1. Tour service providers shall inform tourists about:
a) the risk of contracting an infection related to the visit in a country concerned;
b) the need for preventive vaccination and other preventive measures.
2. Preventive vaccination and other preventive measures while travelling as a tourist shall be funded by the traveller.
3. Preventive vaccination and other preventive measures while on a business trip shall be funded by the employer.
Chapter IV – Detection of Communicable Diseases, Isolation of Persons and their Placement in Quarantine
Article 10 – Requirements in the case of potential existence and detection of communicable diseases
1. A Public Health Centre shall have the right to require that a natural person undergo medical examination if there is a reasonable doubt that he/she is a carrier of a communicable disease and places the public health under a threat. The above must be carried out in observance of the fundamental human rights and freedoms.
2. A health care provider shall notify an appropriate Public Health Centre of each detected case of a communicable disease, under the procedure established by the Ministry.
3. If a natural person is a confirmed carrier of a communicable disease, a Public Health Centre and a health care provider shall have the right to require that the natural person:
a) undergo a proper medical examination and/or treatment, and/or have a proper consultation;
b) name the persons who were and/or are in close contact with him/her during the period of infection.
Article 11 – Isolation of a person and his/her placement in quarantine
1. In emergency situations, the enforcement of a decision to isolate a natural person and/or place him/her in quarantine shall be executed by the state sub-agency within the governance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia – the Emergency Management Service (the ‘Emergency Management Service’), and/or an authorised person of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
11. If the isolation and/or quarantine regulations are violated, an authorised person of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia shall be authorised to apply the transfer of an offending natural person for placement in an appropriate area within a reasonable period of time as a preventive measure to protect the life and/or health of others. In addition, the offending natural person shall be transferred for placement in the appropriate area escorted by the authorised person of the Ministry, if possible.
2. A natural person shall have the right to appeal the decision made with regard to him/her under the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.
3. A decision to isolate a person and/or apply quarantine measures against him/her shall be made by a Public Health Centre, in observance of the principles of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
4. The state shall provide medical services of a person in isolation and/or placed in quarantine.
5. If a minor or a person with limited legal capacity is isolated and/or placed in quarantine, his/her legal representative must be notified in writing. A written notification must contain the legal grounds for, and possible duration of the isolation and/or placement in quarantine.
6. The isolation and/or quarantine regulations shall be established by the Government of Georgia or the Ministry designated by the Government of Georgia.
Law of Georgia No 3365 of 20 March 2015 – website, 31.3.2015
Law of Georgia No 1691 of 7 December 2017 – website, 14.12.2017
Law of Georgia No 4091 of 22 December 2018 – website, 28.12.2018
Law of Georgia No 5890 of 23 April 2020 – website, 24.4.2020
Article 12 – Emergency management during an epidemic or a pandemic especially dangerous for public health
1. An epidemic or a pandemic especially dangerous for public health shall be an emergency situation to be managed in accordance with the Law of Georgia on Public Security.
2. (Deleted – 27.6.2018, No 2619).
3. The rights and duties of the Emergency Management Service and the Ministry during an epidemic or a pandemic especially dangerous for public health shall be as follows:
a) the coordination of the management of a situation caused by an epidemic or a pandemic especially dangerous for public health;
b) the making of a decision in coordination with appropriate state authorities with regard to the change of boundaries of an epidemic focus;
c) demanding that any natural person in an epidemic focus undergo medical examination;
d) the insurance of application of quarantine measures against any natural person in an epidemic focus with the support of appropriate services;
e) if necessary, the provision of evacuation of a person in an epidemic focus;
f) during an epidemic, the provision of control of the entry of natural persons into and exit from this epidemic focus;
g) the provision of control of the entry of the transport into and exit from an epidemic focus;
h) the provision of inspection of any baggage, goods and postal parcels;
i) the mobilisation of material resources and transport for taking appropriate anti-epidemic measures;
j) during an epidemic, the insurance of public information through the mass media;
k) the organisation of hospitalisation and isolation of the diseased persons;
l) the insurance of application of quarantine measures against persons in contact with the diseased persons;
m) the provision of control of the production, supply and transportation of food;
n) the organisation of works connected to the supply of the population with quality drinking water and to the decontamination of polluted water;
o) the keeping of the population informed about the measures to be taken;
p) together with the municipality bodies, the insurance of operation of control points at every traffic route exiting from an emergency area.
Law of Georgia No 2469 of 29 May 2014 – website, 12.6.2014
Law of Georgia No 1691 of 7 December 2017 – website, 14.12.2017
Law of Georgia No 2619 of 27 June 2018 – website, 6.7.2018
Law of Georgia No 4091 of 22 December 2018 – website, 28.12.2018
Law of Georgia No 4409 of 2 April 2019 – website, 8.4.2019
Article 13 – Control of zoonotic diseases
1. To protect the population from zoonotic diseases, the procedure for reporting of the detection of a disease shall be defined according to the procedure for functioning the national integrated system for the epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases, including the diseases caused by the Especially Dangerous Diseases.
2. If a zoonotic disease case is detected, the Ministry and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia shall jointly take the epidemic outbreak elimination measures.
3. The Ministry shall develop the national rabies prevention programme and shall define the policy for anti-rabies preventive treatment of the population.
4. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia shall be responsible for the supply of animal anti-rabies preventive vaccines, the storage and transportation of animal anti-rabies vaccines and the maintenance of a unified animal vaccination data bank.
Law of Georgia No 1920 of 3 November 2009 – LHG I, No 35, 19.11.2009, Art. 230
Law of Georgia No 3417 of 1 April 2015 – website, 14.4.2015
Law of Georgia No 1691 of 7 December 2017 – website, 14.12.2017
Article 14 – Control of food-borne diseases
1. To monitor food-borne diseases, the procedures for reporting of the detection of disease cases and for coordinating the implementation of the epidemic outbreak elimination measures shall be defined according to the procedure for functioning the national integrated system for the epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases, including the diseases caused by the Especially Dangerous Diseases.
2. To ensure planning and implementation of comprehensive food-borne disease prevention measures, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia shall, in accordance with the established procedure, systematically provide the Ministry with the results and data of the state supervision over food safety and quality.
Law of Georgia No 1920 of 3 November 2009 – LHG I, No 35, 19.11.2009, Art. 230
Law of Georgia No 3417 of 1 April 2015 – website, 14.4.2015
Law of Georgia No 1691 of 7 December 2017 – website, 14.12.2017
Article 15 – Prevention and control of specific infections
1. The Ministry shall ensure the development of the state unified prevention and control strategy and the organisation of its implementation during the following specific infections:
a) Tuberculosis;
b) HIV/AIDS.
11. Issues related to the prevention and control of Tuberculosis shall be regulated by this Law and the Law of Georgia on Tuberculosis Control.
2. Issues relating to the quality and safety of human blood and its components, and to blood donation and rights of donors shall be regulated by the Law of Georgia on Quality and Safety of Human Blood and its Components.
Law of Georgia No 4631 of 11 December 2015 – website, 23.12.2015
Law of Georgia No 2389 of 15 December 2022 – website, 27.12.2022
Law of Georgia No 141 of 13 December 2024 – website, 29.12.2024
Chapter V – Provision of biological safety
Article 16 – Provision of biological safety
1. To provide biological safety of the population, the Ministry shall pursue a unified state policy. To protect the health of the population, personnel exposed to the pathogenic biological agents causing a disease, and the environment, the Ministry shall carry out comprehensive organisational, medical and biological, and engineering and technological measures.
2. The Ministry shall compile the list of especially dangerous pathogens and shall ensure its revision, as necessary.
3. Possession of pathogenic biological agents of the types and in the amounts that cannot be justified by their use for diagnostic, research or other peaceful purposes shall be prohibited.
4. Upon recommendation of the Ministry, the Government of Georgia shall approve the procedures and standards for the possession, use, transfer, carriage and destruction of the Especially Dangerous Pathogens, and their study and monitoring methods.
5. The Ministry shall develop the sanitary and hygienic procedures and standards for laboratories working with especially dangerous pathogenic biological agents, and the qualification requirements for the personnel and the principles of their health surveillance and shall submit them to the Government of Georgia for approval.
Law of Georgia No 3417 of 1 April 2015 – website, 14.4.2015
Article 17 – Restrictions on the possession, use, transfer, carriage and destruction of the especially dangerous pathogens
1. Only the legal entities holding a licence for conducting operations involving the especially dangerous pathogens in accordance with the Law of Georgia on Licences and Permits shall have the right to work with the especially dangerous pathogens.
2. The Government of Georgia shall compile the list of natural persons who may not possess, use, transfer, carry and destroy the especially dangerous pathogens due to their previous conviction or being accused of terrorism.
3. Upon recommendation of the Ministry, the Government of Georgia shall define additional technical and safety requirements that are the additional conditions for issuing a licence for conducting operations involving the especially dangerous pathogens.
4. The national repository of the especially dangerous pathogens shall be established by an order of the Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia.
5. Upon recommendation of the Ministry, the Government of Georgia shall approve the procedures for transferring and carrying the especially dangerous pathogens. The procedures shall be binding for any person involved in the transfer and/or carriage of the especially dangerous pathogens.
6. The especially dangerous pathogens may only be transferred to a duly authorised facility. The duly authorised facility must be notified in advance of every expected carriage of the especially dangerous pathogens, and they must be carried under the established procedure.
Law of Georgia No 3619 of 24 September 2010 – LHG I, No 51, 29.9.2010, Art. 332
Law of Georgia No 3417 of 1 April 2015 – website, 14.4.2015
Law of Georgia No 3115 of 5 July 2018 – website, 11.7.2018
Article 18 – Destruction of the especially dangerous pathogens
1. The especially dangerous pathogens must be destroyed in accordance with the procedure approved by the Government of Georgia.
2. The designated qualified personnel shall keep records of the types and quantity of the destroyed especially dangerous pathogens.
3. If the especially dangerous pathogens are identified, a laboratory concerned must immediately notify the legal entity where the national repository of the especially dangerous pathogens is located, and must carry the pathogens to the national repository, or destroy them under the statutory procedure.
Law of Georgia No 3417 of 1 April 2015 – website, 14.4.2015
Article 19 – Import and export of especially dangerous pathogens
1. The Government of Georgia shall adopt the regulations for import and export of the especially dangerous pathogens. These regulations shall ensure the use of the especially dangerous pathogens only for peaceful purposes.
2. The especially dangerous pathogens shall only be imported and exported by appropriately authorised persons under the statutory procedure.
Law of Georgia No 3417 of 1 April 2015 – website, 14.4.2015
Article 20 – Functions of a designated agency of the Ministry in the field of biological safety
A designated agency of the Ministry shall, when necessary, carry out preparatory measures for an emergency situation related to the especially dangerous pathogens and other measures necessary for responding to such a situation.
Article 21 – The national integrated system for the epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases
1. The Government of Georgia shall ensure creation of the national integrated system for the epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases, including the diseases caused by the Especially Dangerous Pathogens.
2. The procedure for functioning the national integrated system for the epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases, including the diseases caused by the Especially Dangerous Pathogen shall be approved by the Government of Georgia.
3. The national integrated system for the epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases shall be based on the unified laboratory system for the detection and epidemiological surveillance of and response to the especially dangerous pathogens. The unified laboratory system shall combine a network of laboratories with different biological safety levels.
4. The biological safety laboratories shall meet the appropriate international standards.
Law of Georgia No 3417 of 1 April 2015 – website, 14.4.2015
Chapter VI – Insurance of Healthy Environment
Article 22 – Insurance of a healthy environment
1. To ensure a healthy environment, the Ministry shall determine the healthy environment quality standards (atmospheric air, water, soil, noise, vibration, electromagnetic radiation) to include the maximum permissible concentration and damage limits.
2. The appropriate competent agency shall monitor the adherence to the environment quality standards by natural and legal persons.
3. Liability of persons violating the environment quality standards shall be defined by the legislation of Georgia.
4. Radioactive substances and other sources of ionising radiation may not be extracted, recovered, manufactured, produced, circulated or used, nor a radioactive waste burial place and a radioactive waste repository may be arranged without special authorisation.
5. Natural and legal persons shall suspend the use of radioactive substances and other sources of ionising radiation if the radiation safety standards are violated and human health is placed under a threat.
6. The Ministry shall develop and approve the safety standards for working with radioactive substances and other sources of ionising radiation, including those for treatment with medical X-ray and radiology methods and diagnostic procedures.
7. The quality of the environment at places of residence or permanent stay of people must not be harmful to their health and must not exceed the maximum permissible limits determined by the Ministry.
8. A person whose activities have resulted in a violation of the environment quality standards determined by the Ministry at places of residence or permanent stay of people shall be punishable under the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.
9. Provision of nuclear and radiation safety shall be regulated by the special legislation.
10. The competence of the Ministry in the process of strategic environmental assessment provided for by the Environmental Assessment Code shall be determined in accordance with the same Code.
Law of Georgia No 4494 of 11 November 2015 – website, 24.11.2015
Law of Georgia No 907 of 1 June 2017 – website, 21.6.2017
Article 23 – Insurance of safe water for public health
1. The Ministry shall define the quality standards and technical regulations for safe water for human health, on the basis of the recommendations of the World Health Organisation.
2. (Deleted – 7.12.2017, No 1691).
3. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia shall ensure:
a) the development and implementation of a unified state policy in the field of state management of water resources using the principles of sustainable development and watershed management;
[a) the development and implementation of a unified state policy in the field of water resources management using the principles of sustainable development and watershed management; (Shall become effective from 1 September 2026)]
b) the protection of water bodies from such negative impact that may cause harm to the health of the population, worsen water supply conditions and result in water quality changes;
c) in particular cases, the planning and implementation of measures for the restriction, suspension or prohibition of water consumption;
d) the control of the compliance of drinking water safety parameters and quality with the requirements established by the legislation of Georgia, and the external, selective laboratory control of the drinking water.
4. The internal water quality control and external laboratory audit shall be performed by independent accredited laboratories.
Law of Georgia No 492 of 25 March 2013 – website, 5.4.2013
Law of Georgia No 1691 of 7 December 2017 – website, 14.12.2017
Law of Georgia No 3430 of 30 June 2023 – website, 20.7.2023
Chapter VII – Chemical Safety; Safety of Technological Processes and Products
Article 24 – Chemical safety
1. The Ministry shall determine the categories of chemical substances, the procedures for attribution of a chemical substance to the toxicity and hazard classes, the packaging, marking and labelling requirements, the form of an information leaflet on safe handling of chemical substances and the amount of data to be included in the leaflet.
2. Chemical substances shall be produced, circulated, delivered, sold, stored, used and disposed of in compliance with the established safety standards, and these activities shall be subject to state supervision.
3. The list of hazardous chemical substances permitted in the territory of Georgia, and the issues related to the circulation of these substances and to their handling shall be defined by the legislation of Georgia.
4. The safety issues of chemical substances shall be regulated by the special legislation.
Law of Georgia No 4961 of 13 April 2016 – website, 26.4.2016
Article 25 – Safety of technological processes at a workplace
The state control over safety of technological processes at a workplace shall be exercised by a Legal Entity under Public Law (LEPL) – the Technical and Construction Supervision Agency in the cases and within the scope determined by the legislation of Georgia.
Law of Georgia No 2793 of 23 March 2010 – LHG I, No 20, 19.4.2010, Art. 108
Law of Georgia No 4469 of 22 March 2011 – website, 1.4.2011
Law of Georgia No 6165 of 8 May 2012 – website, 25.5.2012
Article 26 – Safety of products
1. To ensure the safety of human health, products produced in the territory of Georgia or the imported products must comply with the safety regulatory requirements.
2. If the sanitary standards are violated, a person shall terminate production, import, export, supply, transportation, sale and use of the products until the violation is eliminated.
Chapter VIII – Healthy Lifestyle, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Policies
Article 27 – A healthy eating policy
1. The Ministry shall define the food safety standards and healthy eating principles.
2. The Ministry shall, on the basis of an appropriate normative act, compile the list of the facilities that must observe standards of the nutritional value of a diet.
3. The Ministry shall develop and approve the sanitary and hygienic standards, and standards of the physiological need of a human body, which are binding for the facilities where a particular group is placed.
4. The Ministry shall determine the safety standards for baby (including infant) food products, for fortified food and special food products (dietary, or diabetic).
5. The Ministry shall define the policy for combatting disorders caused by the deficiency and excessive consumption of nutrients.
Article 28 – Maternal, child and adolescent health support
The Ministry shall:
a) define maternal, child and adolescent health policies;
b) define a reproductive health policy;
c) in cooperation with other competent ministries of Georgia and international organisations, ensure a friendly environment for the appropriate development of a child.
Article 29 – Tobacco consumption control
1. The Ministry shall pursue a policy aimed at reducing and eliminating the tobacco consumption.
2. Issues of tobacco consumption control shall be regulated by the special legislation.
Article 30 – Drug, substance and alcohol abuse policies
The Ministry shall define the drug, substance and alcohol abuse policies.
Article 301 – The Unified Information Base for Persons with Mental Health Problems, and Alcohol, Drug and/or Substance Abusers
1. The Ministry shall administer the Unified Information Base for Persons with Mental Health Problems, and Alcohol, Drug and/or Substance Abusers, into which the related data on the health status of a person is entered.
2. Only the institutions concerned shall have the right to obtain the data available in the Unified Information Base for Persons with Mental Health Problems, and Alcohol, Drug and/or Substance Abusers in cases specified by law.
Law of Georgia No 1156 of 9 December 2025 – website, 15.12.2025
Chapter IX – Powers Delegated to State Authorities and Municipalities in the Field of Public Health
Law of Georgia No 6890 of 15 July 2020 – website, 28.7.2020
Article 31 – Competence of the Ministry in the field of public health
1. The Ministry shall have the following powers in the field of public health:
a) the definition of a public health policy;
b) the conduct of monitoring in the field of public health;
c) the development of state programmes within the scope of this Law;
d) the definition of a policy in the field of non-communicable diseases and the insurance of monitoring;
e) the definition of a biological safety policy;
f) the definition of a policy related to the provision of safety of child and adolescent health;
g) the definition of a healthy lifestyle policy;
h) the approval of the National Public Health Care Recommendations (Guidelines);
i) the performance of functions defined for the Ministry under the Law of Georgia on Tuberculosis Control.
2. The Ministry shall define:
a) the list of communicable diseases, when natural persons, if they are suspected of being their carriers based on epidemiological indications, must undergo an appropriate medical examination;
b) the standards for an appropriate medical examination;
c) the measures and methods of preventing, managing and eliminating the spread of communicable diseases, including the especially dangerous infections.
3. The Ministry shall have the following powers in the field of public health:
a) the definition of the procedures for carrying out medical preventive measures, by a normative act;
b) the establishment of the environment quality standards;
c) the compilation of the list of chemical substances that may not be used in the production of household, perfumery and cosmetic products, synthetic raw materials and materials;
d) in coordination with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, the establishment of the safety standards and labelling procedures for special (dietary, diabetic, or fortified) food, and babies (including infants) food products;
e) the development of the procedures and standards for possessing, using, transferring, carrying and destroying the especially dangerous pathogens, and the development of their testing and control methods, and their submission to the Government of Georgia for approval;
f) the establishment of the occupational safety standards;
g) the compilation of the list of occupational diseases and the establishment of their prevention procedures.
4. The Ministry shall supervise and monitor the sanitary and anti-epidemic measures taken by health care providers.
5. The Ministry shall conduct monitoring in the field of biological safety.
Law of Georgia No 3417 of 1 April 2015 – website, 14.4.2015
Law of Georgia No 4631 of 11 December 2015 – website, 23.12.2015
Law of Georgia No 1691 of 7 December 2017 – website, 14.12.2017
Article 32 – The competence of the Government of Georgia in the field of public health
The Government of Georgia shall:
a) ensure the functioning of the national integrated system for the epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases, including of the unified laboratory system for the detection and epidemiological surveillance of, and response to the especially dangerous pathogens;
b) approve the procedures and standards for the possession, use, transfer, carriage and destruction of the especially dangerous pathogens, and their testing and monitoring methods;
c) compile the list of natural persons who may not possess, use, transfer, carry and destroy the especially dangerous pathogens due to their previous conviction or being accused of terrorism;
c1) approve the procedure for functioning the national integrated system for the epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases, including the diseases caused by the especially dangerous pathogens;
d) approve the process flow diagram for exercising sanitary and quarantine control at the borderland and customs control zones of Georgia;
e) be authorised, on the basis of the epidemiological situation, for the purpose of entry and/or stay of aliens and stateless persons in Georgia, to determine the health insurance and accident insurance conditions and procedures in relation to these persons.
Law of Georgia No 3619 of 24 September 2010 – LHG I, No 51, 29.9.2010, Art. 332
Law of Georgia No 3806 of 12 November 2010 – LHG I, No 66, 3.12.2010, Art. 414
Law of Georgia No 5966 of 27 March 2012 – website, 12.4.2012
Law of Georgia No 3417 of 1 April 2015 – website, 14.4.2015
Law of Georgia No 489 of 25 May 2021 – website, 31.5.2021
Article 33 – (Deleted)
Law of Georgia No 492 of 25 March 2013 – website, 5.4.2013
Law of Georgia No 1691 of 7 December 2017 – website, 14.12.2017
Article 34 – The competence of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia and/or the institutions within its system in the field of public health
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia and/or the institutions within its system shall have the following powers in the field of public health:
a) the organisation of soil pollution monitoring;
b) the development and implementation of a unified state policy in the field of state management of water resources using the principles of sustainable development and watershed management;
[b) the development and implementation of a unified state policy in the field of water resources management using the principles of sustainable development and watershed management; (Shall become effective from 1 September 2026)]
c) the protection of water bodies from such negative impact that may cause harm to the health of the population, worsen water supply conditions and result in water quality changes;
d) in particular cases, the planning and implementation of measures for the restriction, suspension or prohibition of water consumption
e) the organisation of monitoring of the quality of atmospheric air at populated places;
f) the organisation of monitoring of noise, vibration, and non-ionising radiation;
g) the organisation of monitoring of the background radiation;
h) the provision of dosimetric monitoring at facilities using ionising radiation;
i) the authorisation of activities related to nuclear power and radiation;
j) the development and implementation of food safety policy;
k) the control of the observance of food safety requirements;
l) the establishment of standards for the arrangement of burial places of animals and birds that have died of the especially dangerous infections, and the keeping record of the burial places;
m) the registration of pesticides and agrochemicals;
n) the state supervision of transportation, sale, and storage and warehousing conditions of the pesticides;
o) the vaccination of animals in case of danger of epizooty;
p) the control of the compliance of drinking water safety parameters and quality with the requirements established by the legislation of Georgia, and the external, selective laboratory control of the drinking water;
q) the coordination with the Ministry and the Emergency Management Service when performing elimination works of emergency situations (including the emergency situations caused by chemical accidents).
Law of Georgia No 492 of 25 March 2013 – website, 5.4.2013
Law of Georgia No 1691 of 7 December 2017 – website, 14.12.2017
Law of Georgia No 2619 of 27 June 2018 – website, 6.7.2018
Law of Georgia No 4091 of 22 December 2018 – website, 28.12.2018
Law of Georgia No 3289 of 16 June 2023 – website, 6.7.2023
Law of Georgia No 3430 of 30 June 2023 – website, 20.7.2023
Article 35 – Competencies of other Ministries in the field of public health
1. The Ministry and the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia shall jointly determine the sanitary and hygienic standards for educational, fostering, and educational and fostering facilities.
2. The competence of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia shall be the supervision of compliance with the sanitary and hygienic standards and the performance of preventive measures within the Defence Forces of Georgia.
3. The Ministry shall, jointly with the Ministry of Defence of Georgia, determine the sanitary and hygienic standards for the Defence Forces of Georgia.
4. The competence of the Penitentiary Service in penitentiary institutions shall be as follows:
a) the supervision of the compliance with the sanitary and hygienic standards in penitentiary institutions;
b) the performance of preventive health measures in penitentiary institutions.
5. The Ministry and the Ministry of Justice of Georgia shall jointly determine the sanitary and hygienic standards for penitentiary institutions.
6. The Ministry of Defence of Georgia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the Penitentiary Service and the State Security Service of Georgia shall immediately notify the Public Health Centre on any such case that may pose a threat to the health and safety of the population.
7. The Ministry of Defence of Georgia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the Penitentiary Service and the State Security Service of Georgia shall provide the Ministry with the medical statistics data under the statutory procedure.
8. The Ministry of Defence of Georgia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the Penitentiary Service and the State Security Service of Georgia shall cooperate with the Ministry and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia when performing elimination works of the emergency situations caused by chemical accidents.
Law of Georgia No 2729 of 9 March 2010 – LHG I, No 12, 24.3.2010, Art. 65
Law of Georgia No 492 of 25 March 2013 – website, 5.4.2013
Law of Georgia No 1794 of 13 December 2013 – website, 28.12.2013
Law of Georgia No 3548 of 1 May 2015 – website, 18.5.2015
Law of Georgia No 3943 of 8 July 2015 – website, 15.7.2015
Law of Georgia No 1691 of 7 December 2017 – website, 14.12.2017
Law of Georgia No 3115 of 5 July 2018 – website, 11.7.2018
Law of Georgia No 3599 of 31 October 2018 – website, 21.11.2018
Law of Georgia No 359 of 16 March 2021 – website, 18.3.2021
Law of Georgia No 3532 of 21 September 2023 – website, 12.10.2023
Law of Georgia No 3845 of 30 November 2023 – website, 15.12.2023
Article 36 – Powers delegated to municipalities in the field of public health
1. Appropriate bodies of the municipalities shall ensure the following, under the procedure established by this Law,
a) the implementation of preventive measures against the spread of communicable diseases in animals that pose a threat to public health, including animal anti-rabies vaccination;
b) the supervision of the compliance with the sanitary and hygienic standards at educational, fostering, and educational and fostering facilities;
c) the organisation of deratisation, disinsection and disinfection measures for the prevention of the spread of diseases in the territory of a municipality;
d) the facilitation of implementation of preventive measures at educational, fostering, and educational and fostering facilities in the territory of a municipality;
e) the supervision of the compliance with the sanitary standards at public facilities located in the territory of the municipality, including the control over fulfilment of the obligations provided for by Article 5(31) and (32) of this Law by persons carrying out aesthetic and cosmetic procedures at public facilities;
f) the reception, storage and distribution among health care providers of the materials supplied by the Ministry intended for the preventive vaccination under the National Immunisation Schedule;
g) the implementation of preventive and epidemiological control measures in the case of epidemic threat;
h) the facilitation of primary epidemiological survey in the territory of a municipality;
i) the exercise of powers defined for them under the Law of Georgia on Tuberculosis Control.
2. The powers defined in paragraph 1 of this article shall be the power delegated by the State to the municipalities.
3. The amount of financial resources necessary for a municipality to exercise the delegated powers defined in paragraph 1 of this article shall be defined by the Law of Georgia on the State Budget of Georgia for the respective year.
4. The Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia shall exercise sectoral supervision over the implementation of the delegated powers defined in paragraph 1(a) of this article in accordance with the Organic Law of Georgia Local Self-government Code.
5. The Ministry shall exercise sectoral supervision over the implementation of the delegated powers defined in paragraph 1(b)-(i) of this article in accordance with the Organic Law of Georgia the Local Self-government Code.
Law of Georgia No 4631 of 11 December 2015 – website, 23.12.2015
Law of Georgia No 5571 of 24 June 2016 – website, 13.7.2016
Law of Georgia No 6890 of 15 July 2020 – website, 28.7.2020
Article 37 – Competencies of the autonomous republics in the field of public health
Competencies of the autonomous republics in the field of public health shall be defined by this Law and laws of the autonomous republics.
Article 38 – Organisation of public health
The Ministry shall define a public health policy to be implemented by an appropriate Public Health Centre of the Ministry.
Article 39 – Labour/human resources in the field of public health
1. The Ministry shall define a list of public health specialities and the respective competencies of the specialities.
2. Specialists in the field of public health and epidemiology shall take training courses at the level of receiving higher education, according to appropriate programmes, and they shall hold a Bachelor's or a higher academic degree in Public Health.
3. Persons who have taken professional training courses in the field of public health and epidemiology shall be public health workers.
Chapter X – Financing of Public Health Care Activities
Article 40 – Sources of financing of public health care activities
The following may be the sources of financing of public health care activities:
a) the funds allocated from the State Budget of Georgia or the budgets of the autonomous republics of Georgia;
b) other sources permitted by the legislation of Georgia.
Article 41 – Budgetary financing
1. The Law on the State Budget of Georgia shall annually define activities financed by the state in the field of public health on the basis of this Law.
2. The Law on the Budget of an autonomous republic shall define activities financed by the autonomous republic in the field of public health on the basis of this Law.
Chapter XI – Compensation for Damages and Responsibilities in the Field of Public Health
Article 42 – Compensation for damages in the field of public health
1. Natural and legal persons shall compensate for damages incurred due to the non-compliance with this Law.
2. If post/side effects or complications are developed as a result of the vaccination conducted under the National Immunisation Schedule, the state shall, under the statutory procedure, provide free medical service and rehabilitation to the population, except when post/side effects of the preventive vaccination have been caused by the fault of medical personnel or facilities.
3. If a person becomes incapable for work as a result of vaccination conducted under the National Immunisation Schedule, he/she shall be entitled to compensation under the statutory procedure.
Article 43 – Responsibility in the field of public health
1. All state bodies, and natural and legal persons shall, within the competence defined by the legislation of Georgia applicable in the field of public health, comply with the requirements of this Law, and ensure the public health safety by performing their activities.
2. All persons staying in the territory of Georgia shall meet the requirements of the legislation of Georgia applicable in the field of public health, and have respect for the decisions of the Public Health Centres during the course of exercising their powers granted by the law.
3. The state shall be responsible for managing and financing measures for the prevention and control of communicable diseases and epidemics, and preventive vaccination under the National Immunisation Schedule.
Chapter XII – Transitional and Final Provisions
Article 44 – Normative acts invalidated due to the entry of this Law into force
The following normative acts shall be considered invalidated:
a) the Sanitary Code of Georgia of 8 May 2003 (the Legislative Herald of Georgia, No 14, 3.6.2003, Art. 91), from 1 October 2007;
b) Order No 234/ ნ of 6 October 2003 of the Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia on Approval of Sanitary Protection Areas and Sanitary Classification of Enterprises, Structures and Other Facilities, upon entry of this Law into force.
Article 45 – Normative acts to be adopted due to the entry of this Law into force
1. The Government of Georgia shall, within one month after entry of this Law into force, adopt the following normative acts:
a) the Statute of the State Emergency Management Commission;
b) (Deleted – 1.4.2015, No 3417);
c) (Deleted – 1.4.2015, No 3417);
d) (Deleted – 1.4.2015, No 3417);
e) (Deleted – 1.4.2015, No 3417);
11. The Government of Georgia shall adopt the procedures for importing and exporting the especially dangerous pathogens.
2. (Deleted – 25.3.2013, No 492).
3. The Government of Georgia shall, until 1 July 2015, ensure approval of the procedure for functioning the national integrated system for the epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases, including the diseases caused by the especially dangerous pathogens.
Law of Georgia No 492 of 25 March 2013 – website, 5.4.2013
Law of Georgia No 3417 of 1 April 2015 – website, 14.4.2015
Article 451 – Legal regulation during the transition period in relation to persons declared by court as legally incapable before 1 April 2015
1. If a court has declared a person as legally incapable before 1 April 2015 and his/her individual examination has not been conducted, a health care provider must communicate the information provided for in Article 8(1) of this Law to his/her custodian.
2. If a person, who has been declared by court as legally incapable before 1 April 2015 and whose individual examination has not been conducted, is isolated and/or placed in quarantine, his/her custodian must be notified of this fact in writing. A written notice must contain a legal basis for, and the expected duration of the isolation and/or placement in quarantine.
Law of Georgia No 3365 of 20 March 2015 – website, 31.3.2015
Article 452 – Registration during the transition period as a person carrying out aesthetic and cosmetic procedures in public facilities
1. All persons whose activities are related to carrying out aesthetic and cosmetic procedures in public facilities shall, before 1 October 2016, have their appropriate activities registered in the registry of economic activities under the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.
2. The Government of Georgia shall, before 1 October 2016, on the basis of the proposals of the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, make a change in Ordinance No 473 of the Government of Georgia of 14 September 2015 – the Technical Regulation for Approval of Sanitary Standards for the Prevention and Control of Infections in Carrying Out Aesthetic and Cosmetic Procedures in Public Facilities.
Law of Georgia No 5571 of 24 June 2016 – website, 13.7.2016
Article 453 – Temporary measures to be taken before 1 January 2023
1. Isolation and/or quarantine regulations shall be established by the Government of Georgia or a Ministry designated by the Government of Georgia. These regulations may also define the relevant quarantine measures which, in such a case, are part of the regulations. The aforementioned regulations may also designate the agencies and officials to exercise the regulations, in a manner different from the one established by this Law.
(The normative content of the first and second sentences of Article 453(1), which allows the Government of Georgia or a Ministry designated by the Government of Georgia for restriction of the labour rights guaranteed by Article 26(1) of the Constitution of Georgia, has been invalidated – Decision No 1/1/1505, 1515, 1516, 1529 of 11 February 2021 of the Constitutional Court of Georgia – website, 22.2.2021
2. For the purposes of this article, the quarantine measures shall be as follows:
a) a combination of measures applied to a person who is not ill but had or may have had contact with a communicable disease case during the infectious period;
b) measures defined by a normative act adopted/issued by this Law and/or in accordance with this Law, which are temporarily applied for the protection of public health during a pandemic and/or an epidemic especially dangerous for the public health and may imply regulation in a manner different from the one established by other normative acts of Georgia, including temporary imposition of the appropriate restrictions with respect to the activities/administration of public institutions, other institutions within the scope of the executive authority, legal entities under public law and other legal entities, or to the provision of public services, the movements of persons, property, labour, professional or economic activities, or to illegal migration/international protection, and/or the gathering of persons for performing social events.
3. Restriction of the right under this article must be:
a) directed towards the achievement of the benefits guaranteed by the respective article of the Constitution of Georgia;
b) provided for by law and/or another normative act;
c) necessary for the democratic society;
d) non-discriminatory;
e) proportionally restricting;
f) such that the benefit guaranteed by the restriction exceed the damage inflicted by the restriction.
4. The decision to isolate a person and/or place him/her in quarantine shall be taken in observance of the principles of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
5. If a person is isolated and/or placed in quarantine, the following must be clearly explained to him/her:
a) the grounds for his/her isolation and/or placement in quarantine;
b) his/her right to have a lawyer;
c) that he/she has the right that, if desired, the fact of his/her isolation and/or placement in quarantine be informed to a person specified by him/her, and to the administration of his/her place of work or study.
6. The fact of the isolation of a minor and/or his/her placement in quarantine shall be communicated without failure to his/her parent or another legal representative at the first opportunity.
Law of Georgia No 5972 of 22 May 2020 – website, 22.5.2020
Law of Georgia No 6778 of 14 July 2020 – website, 14.7.2020
Law of Georgia No 37 of 29 December 2020 – website, 29.12.2020
Decision No 1/1/1505, 1515, 1516, 1529 of 11 February 2021 of the Constitutional Court of Georgia – website, 22.2.2021
Law of Georgia No 674 of 22 June 2021 – website, 24.6.2021
Law of Georgia No 1206 of 22 December 2021 – website, 28.12.2021
Article 454 – Validity period of Article 453 of this Law
Article 453 of this Law shall be valid until 1 January 2023.
Law of Georgia No 5972 of 22 May 2020 – website, 22.5.2020
Law of Georgia No 6778 of 14 July 2020 – website, 14.7.2020
Law of Georgia No 37 of 29 December 2020 – website, 29.12.2020
Law of Georgia No 674 of 22 June 2021 – website, 24.6.2021
Law of Georgia No 1206 of 22 December 2021 – website, 28.12.2021
Article 455 – The temporary procedure for the liability related to a pharmaceutical product against the infection (COVID-19) caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
When importing, in connection with the pandemic/epidemic, a pharmaceutical product intended for preventive vaccination against or treatment of the infection (COVID-19) caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which has been granted authorisation or prequalification for use (including for emergency use) by the World Health Organisation or a stringent regulatory authority (SRA) recognised thereby, the state shall be liable for a potential damage inflicted by the use of this pharmaceutical product, unless the damage is caused by:
a) the fault of the importer;
b) the fault of the medical personnel or a medical facility;
c) the manufacturer of the pharmaceutical product, when the agreement concluded with the manufacturer provides for its liability.
Law of Georgia No 98 of 28 January 2021 – website, 28.1.2021
Article 46 – Entry of the Law into force
This Law shall enter into force upon publication.
President of Georgia M. Saakashvili
Tbilisi
27 June 2007
No 5069– რს
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