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Infectious Diseases and… Z. Zandie and SM. Mousawi (205
the fight against infectious Paragraph “A” of Article
diseases is classified as a 1 of the Law on the
matter of Government. For Establishment of the Crisis
this reason, in paragraph Management Organization
“k” of Article 8 of act Civil of the Country (2008)
Service Management (2007), defines the crisis as:
the legislator considers the It is a situation that
promotion of health, public arises suddenly or
education, control and uncontrollably as a result
prevention of diseases and of natural and human
epidemics as the duties of incidents, events and
the Government (Sovereign actions; except in the
acts). The Government case of security and
intervenes in these matters, social issues, and causes
citing its authority and hardship to a human
powers. community and resolving
An examination of the it requires urgent and
relevant laws and regulations extraordinary measures.
shows that infectious
diseases, in the event of a Article 12 of the law
general outbreak, are stipulates:
considered examples of crisis In the event of natural
and therefore appropriate disasters and unforeseen
measures should be taken accidents, the Government
to deal with them. is allowed to provide the
equivalent of one and
