Law of the peoples Republic of China on Prevention and Treatment of Infections Diseases 中华人民共和国传染病防治

as well as the decisive factors in order to put forth disease prevention and control measures as well as health care policies.

　　（4）Epidemic-stricken spots refer to smaller areas within which pathogens spread from， the source of infection or to a single focus of infection.

　　（5）Epidemic-stricken areas refer to the areas where pathogens can reach when they spread after infectious diseases break out and prevail among groups of people.

　　（6）Infectious diseases common to human beings and animals refer to infectious diseases which human beings and vertebrates commonly suffer from， such as plague， rabies schistosomiasis.

　　（7）Natural focus of infection refers to an area where certain pathogens that may cause infectious diseases to human beings exist and circulate over a long period of time among wild animals in the natural world.

　　（8）Vector organisms refer t organisms that can transmit pathogen from human beings or other animals to human beings， such as mosquitoes， flies and fleas.

　　（9）Iatrogenic infection refers to infection caused by the transmission of pathogens in the process of medical services.

　　（10）Hospital infection refers to infection which inpatients contract in hospitals， including infection contracted during the period of hospitalization and infection contracted in hospital but manifests itself after the patient is discharged from hospital， but excluding infection which is contracted before hospitalization or is already in incubation period at the time of hospitalization. Infection which hospital workers contract in hospital also belongs to hospital infection.

　　（11）Laboratory infection refers to infection caused through contact with pathogens when working laboratories.

　　（12）Bacterial and virus strains refer to bacterial and virus strains which may cause the outbreak of the infectious diseases specified in this Law.

　　（13）Disinfection refers to the killing and elimination of pathogen microorganisms in the environment by chemical， physical or biological methods.

　　（14）Disease prevention an control institutions refer to the disease prevention and control centers engaged in disease prevention and control as well as the units engaged in professional activities similar to those the said institutions.

　　（15）Medical agencies refer to the agencies engaged in disease diagnosis and medical treatment， which have obtained the practicing certificates of medical institutions in accordance with the Regulations on Administration of Medical Institutions.

　　Article 79 Where there are no provisions in this law for the control of foodstuffs， medicines， blood， water， medical wastes and pathogenic microorganisms in the process of prevention and control of infectious diseases， for epidemic prevention among animals and for frontier health quarantine， the provisions of other relevant laws and administrative regulations shall be applicable respectively.

　　Article 80 This Law shall go into effect as of December 1， 2004

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