Monrovia- July 25, 2022: House of Representatives has endorsed Report from its joint Committee on Health, Gender Child Protection and Judiciary and amended the Public Health Law of Liberia, Title 33 Liberian Code of Laws Revised.

According to the joint committee its recommendations are based on extensive consultations, Public hearings, and comprehensive review of the following legislations:
1) The Public Health Law of Liberia, Title 33 Liberian Code of Laws Revised (1976);

2) Section 16.3 of the New Penal Code (1976);

3) The Act to Prohibit the Use of Tobacco and Tobacco Products in Public Places and the Sale and Use of Tobacco and Tobacco Products by Persons under the Age of 18 Years (2008);

4) The HIV/AIDS Act of 2010 titled
“An Act to Amend the Public Health Law, Title 33, Liberian Code of Laws Revised
(1976) to create a new Chapter 18 providing for the Control of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)”;

5) The Liberia Medical and Dental Council Act of 2010;

6) (f) The Nursing and Midwifery Act of 2016;

7) The Act creating the Division of Complementary Medicine within the Ministry of Health & Social Welfare (1989);

8) The Act establishing the Liberian Association of Public Health Inspectors of 1977;

9) An Act to Incorporate the Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists (1977);

10) The Act of Legislature as found in the Children’s Law (2011) amending Sections 51.21 of subchapter B of chapter 51 of the Public Health Law, Title 33, by adding a new Section 1 and amending Subsections 2 and 3 for the further recording of the registration of children born in rural areas;

11) The Mental Health Act of 2017;

12) Act establishing the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL); and

13) The Liberia Medicines & Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) Act
(2010).