Article 18. The rights and obligations of individuals and legal entities in the field of biological safety of the Law on Biological Safety of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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1. Individuals and legal entities have the right to:

1) protection from exposure to dangerous biological factors;

2) obtaining information on potential biological risks associated with planned visits to foreign countries and regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan endemic in terms of infectious and (or) parasitic morbidity, and measures to prevent them;

3) obtaining reliable and timely information on sanitary-epidemiological and veterinary-sanitary situations, as well as measures taken to protect the population and protect individual components of the natural environment from the effects of dangerous biological factors, to prevent biological threats, in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

4) applying for biosafety issues to the relevant government agencies;

5) participation in activities aimed at ensuring biological safety, taking into account compliance with the requirements for individual protection in cases established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.;

6) other rights in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. Individuals and legal entities are required to:

1) to report all known facts of illegal (unauthorized) use of pathogenic biological agents or their free circulation to the state bodies provided for in paragraph 1 of Article 10 of this Law, in accordance with their competence;

2) to prevent the dissemination of deliberately false information related to the handling of pathogenic biological agents;

3) in case of adoption of restrictions established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on access to information, comply with the requirements for restricted access information related to the handling of pathogenic biological agents;

4) not to carry out actions that entail a violation of the rights of other individuals and legal entities to protect themselves from the effects of dangerous biological factors.

Activities related to the handling of pathogenic biological agents without a permit for the handling of pathogenic biological agents and its appendices provided for by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Permits and Notifications" are prohibited.

3. In addition to the duties specified in paragraph 2 of this Article, individuals must:

1) promptly contact medical organizations at your location upon deterioration of your health accompanied by signs characteristic of an infectious and (or) parasitic disease;

2) in case of seeking medical help for an infectious and (or) parasitic disease, inform about a previous stay abroad and (or) in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan that is endemic in terms of infectious and (or) parasitic morbidity.;

3) in case of diagnosis of an infectious and (or) parasitic disease that poses a danger to others, promptly inform the medical organizations at the location of information about contacts preceding such diagnosis.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated May 21, 2022 No. 122-VII SAM.

This Law defines the legal basis of state regulation in the field of biological safety of the Republic of Kazakhstan and is aimed at preventing biological threats.

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