[The new law concerning the prevention of infectious diseases and medical care for patients of infections].
A new law concerning the prevention of infectious diseases and medical care for patients with infectious diseases was enacted on Oct 2, 1998 and became effective on April 1, 1999. In the new infection control law, all infectious diseases are included as the targets of national epidemiological surveillance and are classified into new categories 1 through 4, depending on their contagiousness and severity. Under this new law, the national epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases is defined as one of the main objects. This new law also specified the provision of a medical care supply system including assigned hospitals and medical fees.
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Clinical Laboratories, Tokai University Hospital.
D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D019221:Mandatory Reporting