State Act

THE KERALA PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 2023

29. The healthcare and prevention of communicable diseases of migrant labourers.—The Local Public Health Officer shall with the co-operation of Health Department, Labour Department and Local Self Governments, undertake the following activities,— (i) shall with the assistance of Health Department arrange health check-ups for migrant labourers at regular intervals and ensure it is implemented; (ii) if communicable diseases or diseases for which health programmes for eradication from the State are in existence are found out in such check-ups, the Local Public Health Officer shall inform it in writing to the District Public Health Officer; (iii) when anyone in the dwelling places of migrant labourers is affected with communicable disease or there is a spread, it shall be ensured that treatment is available to such persons and steps are taken for prevention and control of communicable disease in such places.