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MINISTRY OF HEALTH
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 14/2007/QD-BYT
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Hanoi, January
30, 2007
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DECISION
ON PROMULGATION OF
THE REGULATION ON FUNCTIONS, TASKS, ENTITLEMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
OF PROVINCIAL INTERNATIONAL QUARANTINE CENTERS
MINISTER
OF HEALTH
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 49/2003/ND-CP dated May 15,
2003 defining the functions, tasks, entitlements and organizational structure
of the Ministry of Health;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 171/2004/ND-CP dated
September 29, 2004 on organization of specialized agencies affiliated to
provincial the People’s Committees;
Pursuant to the Joint Circular No. 11/2005/TTLT-BYT-BNV dated April 12, 2005 of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Home
Affairs on functions, tasks, and entitlements of specialized agencies that
assist the People’s Committees in local health tasks;
At the request of the Director of
Organization and Personnel Department and the Director of General Department of
Preventive Medicine,
DECIDES:
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Article 2. This Decision takes effect after 15 days from the day on which it is
published in the Official Gazette. The
Decision No. 3889/2003/QD-BYT dated July 22, 2003 of the Minister of
Health on promulgation of the Regulation on functions, tasks and organizational
structure of International Quarantine Centers affiliated to Services of Health
of provinces is abrogated.
Article 3. The Director of Organization and Personnel Department, the Director of
General Department of Preventive Medicine, Directors of Services of Health, and
heads of relevant units are responsible for the implementation of this
Decision./.
MINISTER
Tran Thi Trung Chien
REGULATION
FUNCTIONS,
TASKS, ENTITLEMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF PROVINCIAL INTERNATIONAL
QUARANTINE CENTERS
(Promulgated together with the Decision No. 14/2007/QD-BYT dated January 30, 2007 of the Minister of Health)
Chapter 1
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Article 1. Position and roles
Provincial International
Quarantine Centers are affiliated to Services of Health, under the
comprehensive management of Directors of Services of Health, and must follow
professional instructions of the Ministry of Health.
Article 2. Legal status
Every Provincial International
Quarantine Center has a legal status, a separate office building, a seal (in
both Vietnamese and English), and may open accounts at State Treasuries.
Chapter 2
FUNCTIONS, TASKS, AND ENTITLEMENTS
Article 3. Functions
Provincial International
Quarantine Centers shall advise Directors of Services of Health and perform
professional tasks related to quarantine within the province.
Article 4. Tasks and
entitlements
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2. Organize the following
operations:
a) Quarantine services,
surveillance of infectious diseases and threats to public health according to
the laws of quarantine.
b) Medical inspection, medical
procedures, and issuance of certificates to quarantined entities;
c) Inspection and supervision of
quarantine services applied to providers of foods, drinks, and clean water at
border checkpoints;
d) Taking of measures for
prevention of vectors and items that carry infectious diseases, the threats to
public health at border checkpoints;
dd) Cooperation with Health
Education Center and media agencies in the province to spread information about
quarantine;
e) Scientific research and
application of technological advances to quarantine; provision of training in
professional skills and foreign languages for the quarantine staff;
g) Cooperation with relevant
agencies in inspection and assessment of the activities related to quarantine
that take place within the province;
h) Collection, transfer, and
management of quarantine fees;
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k) Statistics and reporting
practice;
l) Other tasks assigned by the
Director of the Service of Health and those defined by law.
Chapter 3
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Article 5. Organizational
structure
1. Executives:
Every Provincial International Quarantine
Centers has a Director and several Deputy Directors.
2. Administrative departments:
a) Planning and Finance
Department;
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3. Medical Departments:
a) Quarantine Department;
b) Health Management Department;
c) Medical Procedure Department;
d) Testing Department.
If the border checkpoints in the
province are far away from the center, a unit that consists of sufficient
personnel from the departments above shall be sent to the checkpoint. The staff
shall be sent in turn to ensure the fulfillment of tasks.
Article 6. Payroll and limit
on employees
The payroll and limit on
employees of a Provincial International Quarantine Centers must comply with
law.
Article 7. Budget
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2. Budget for national health
programs.
3. Collected quarantine fees.
4. Aids and other lawful
sources.
Article 8. Tasks of
departments
1. Planning and Finance
Department shall:
a) Make monthly, quarterly and
annual operation plans; summarize plan implementation;
b) Prepare medicines, chemicals,
supplies and equipment necessary for the operation of the Center and border
checkpoints;
c) Administer, allocate budget,
dispense medicines, chemicals, supplies and equipment necessary for
quarantine according to the approved plans; make payments in accordance with
law;
d) Cooperate in providing
training courses, refresher courses, holding seminars in quarantine;
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2. Personnel and Administration
Department shall:
a) Administer personnel; provide
benefits, award commendations, and take disciplinary actions in accordance with
law;
b) Perform administrative tasks
serving the operation of the Center;
c) Take charge in holding
seminars, conventions, providing training and education in quarantine;
d) Administer assets of the
Center.
3. Quarantine Department shall:
a) Monitor the infectious
diseases and threats to public health in accordance with law;
b) Carry out medical inspection
and issue certificates to quarantined entities;
c) Inspect and supervise the
provision of quarantine services applied to providers of foods, drinks, and
clean water at border checkpoints;
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a) Give inoculation and issue
certificates of inoculation in accordance with law;
b) Cooperate with relevant
agencies in monitoring the health of passengers that enter Vietnam and the
Vietnamese people that have lived overseas for more than one year before going
back to Vietnam.
5. Medical Procedure Department
shall:
a) Take measures for prevention
of vectors and items that carry infectious diseases, the threats to public
health at border checkpoint;
b) Carry out medical procedures
for quarantined entities;
c) Cooperate with relevant
agencies in processing the foods that are contaminated with poisons, bacteria,
or residue of pesticides;
6. Testing Department shall:
a) Run the tests serving
quarantine in accordance with law;
b) Running quick tests at border
checkpoints to detect pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, harmful chemicals,
colorings, molds and fungi, etc. in food, and other tests related to
quarantine./.