Article 10. Powers of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Republic of Uzbekistan

The Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall:

lead the sanitary and epidemiology service, determine the main tasks of state sanitary supervision and its priority directions;

approve sanitary rules, norms and hygiene standards;

approve normative-technical documents for determining the impact of environmental factors on the human organism;

approve the national schedule of preventive vaccinations and the procedure for conducting preventive vaccinations on epidemiological grounds;

designate territories dangerous to human life and health where residence of the population and conduct of economic activities are prohibited;

coordinate measures for sanitary protection of territories against the introduction and spread of infectious and parasitic diseases;

adopt decisions on conducting relevant sanitary-hygienic and anti-epidemic measures where there is a risk of occurrence and spread of infectious and parasitic diseases dangerous to others;

issue permits, based on toxicological-hygienic assessment, for the import into and production in the Republic of Uzbekistan of new food additives, specially added biologically active substances, chemical substances, biological agents and materials, polymer and plastic materials, perfumery and cosmetic products;

exercise control over the targeted use of material and technical resources allocated from republican and local epidemic funds and for sanitary-hygienic and anti-epidemic measures;

consider complaints against decisions of sanitary and epidemiology service institutions and against actions (inaction) of their officials;

appoint the chief state sanitary doctors of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions and the city of Tashkent.

The Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Republic of Uzbekistan may also exercise other powers in accordance with legislation.

The Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be appointed by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.