Doha: Qatar has set up "Health Prosecution" as one of the deterrents for violators of public health laws.

Qatar Attorney General H E Dr Ali bin Fetais Al Marri issued Resolution No. (46) today for the year 2020 establishing  Health Prosecution, as part of the precautionary and preventive measures taken by the state in order to preserve public health and the safety of society.

The new prosecution is specialised in investigating and disposing of all health-related crimes, especially those that violate the provisions of the following laws:

Law No. 11 of 1982 regulating treatment institutions

Law No. 2 of 1983 in the matter of practicing the profession of human medicine, dental medicine and surgery and its amendments

Law No. 3 of 1983 regulating pharmacy professions, mediators, agents of pharmaceutical factories and companies, and its amendments

Decree-Law No. 17 of 1990 on the Prevention of Infectious Diseases

Law No. 3 of 2014 on packaging and serving human food

Law No. 15 of 2015 regulating the transportation and transplantation of human organs

Law No. 16 of 2016 regarding mental health

Decision stipulated that all reports related to health crimes pending before all other procuratorates will be referred to the Public Health Prosecution unless they have been disposed of.

The decision indicated that the Public Health Prosecution is headed by a Public Prosecutor with the rank of Public Prosecutor and above and assisted by a sufficient number of Prosecutors and Assistant Prosecutors.