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Loi 1934 sur la Sante Publique: Appointments in relation to Covid-19 response

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A decision made 11 December 2020:

Decision Reference:       MD-HSS-2020-0086

Decision Summary Title :

Appointments in relation to Covid-19 response

Date of Decision Summary:

23 November 2020

Decision Summary Author:

 

Private Secretary to the Minister for Health and Social Services

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

 

Written Report

Title :

Appointments in relation to Covid-19 response

Date of Written Report:

23 November 2020

Written Report Author:

Private Secretary to the Minister for Health and Social Services

Written Report:

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Exempt (Article 35)

Subject:  

Appointments in relation to the Covid-19 response  

Decision(s): 

Pursuant to Article 10 of the Loi 1934 sur la Santé Publique, the Minister approved the appointment of three experienced medical/clinical practitioners as Medical Officers of Health as well as a number of Health Inspectors.  The Minister also designated the Jersey General Hospital as an appropriate place to take someone with, or suspected to have, Covid-19 for the purposes of Article 16 of the 1934 Loi. This decision supersedes previous decisions regarding these designations or appointments.

 

Reason(s) for decision:

As part of the Covid19 response

Resource implications:

None

 

Action required:

For the Minister for Health and Social Services to make the appointments and agree the designation.

 

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Minister for Health and Social Services

 

Date Signed:

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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