The Parliament of Mongolia nullified the Law on Sanitation adopted on May 07, 1998 and passed the Law on Hygiene on Feb 04, 2016. The laws warrant the Constitutional right of a citizen to live in healthy and safe environment.
According to the new law, organizations and employers shall have the following duties:
- to demand employees and customers to comply with hygiene legislations;
- to impose a penalty on employee who is in breach of hygiene legislations;
- to comply with the order issued by a competent official or an authority with respect to standards and legislation on hygiene and to take all necessary actions to eliminate the offences and to respond;
- to comply with the norms and requirements of labor safety and hygiene during all stages of activities;
- to keep the public road and square free of garbage, puddle, snow or ice, to broaden green area and to keep stairs, walls and fences intact;
- to prevent infectious and non-infectious diseases, occupational disease, industrial accident and injuries;
- to include the employees to medical exam and screening;
- to employ a personnel who is in charge of labor safety and hygiene in accordance with rules adapted by State Central administrative authority in charge of Health and Labor related matters if the organization and legal entity in production and service business employs 50 people or more. If the organization in manufacturing and service business employs 50 people or less, it may employ the personnel on the basis of a contract;
- to approve annual expenses to spend on hygiene safety;
Also the organization and the employer is required to cooperate with the relevant professional NGOs in organizing hygiene trainings and shall support by providing accommodation and other expenses related to the training.
According to the law, following activities shall be prohibited:
- to take any actions and activities that has adverse impacts to human health and environment;
- to sell open food and operate production and service on public streets, squares, points or places where such activities were prohibited by the competent authorities;
If the organizations or persons do not comply with the law authorities shall impose the following administrative sanctions i.e. fine if the violation does not constitute a criminal offence.