Section 8
Health Care System And Health Worker:
8. Health care system and health worker:
(1)The chiefs of health care systems and national and local health officials shall adopt proper measures to promote the principles of this Act, protect and encourage breastfeeding and give proper information and advice to the health workers about their responsibilities. Information as to all the matters contained in section 7 shall certainly be given to the health workers.
(2) The health workers shall protect, promote and encourage breastfeeding. They shall have knowledge of the provisions of this Act;
particularly the matters contained in section 7, and implement them to the extent possible.
(3) The health workers shall not allow any act inhibiting the commencement and expansion of breastfeeding, whether directly or indirectly.
(4) No health worker shall accept any financial or in-kind gift in any manner for a manufacturer or distributor.
(5) No health worker shall give a sample of a product to any person.
(6) No health worker shall promote the product in any manner.
(7) If a health worker gets information that any manufacturer or distributor intends to give any gift or other financial facility or that any person has
violated any other provision of this Act, the health worker shall give a report thereof in writing to the chief of his/ her organization; and the chief shall also give
information thereof to the committee.
(1)The chiefs of health care systems and national and local health officials shall adopt proper measures to promote the principles of this Act, protect and encourage breastfeeding and give proper information and advice to the health workers about their responsibilities. Information as to all the matters contained in section 7 shall certainly be given to the health workers.
(2) The health workers shall protect, promote and encourage breastfeeding. They shall have knowledge of the provisions of this Act;
particularly the matters contained in section 7, and implement them to the extent possible.
(3) The health workers shall not allow any act inhibiting the commencement and expansion of breastfeeding, whether directly or indirectly.
(4) No health worker shall accept any financial or in-kind gift in any manner for a manufacturer or distributor.
(5) No health worker shall give a sample of a product to any person.
(6) No health worker shall promote the product in any manner.
(7) If a health worker gets information that any manufacturer or distributor intends to give any gift or other financial facility or that any person has
violated any other provision of this Act, the health worker shall give a report thereof in writing to the chief of his/ her organization; and the chief shall also give
information thereof to the committee.