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The National Sanitary Inspection Rules

Original Language Title: Valsts sanitārās inspekcijas nolikums

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Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 227 in Riga 2003 April 29 (pr. No 23, § 44) the national sanitary inspection regulations Issued pursuant to the public administration Act, article 16 of the equipment for the first part and epidemiological safety Act 6 the first paragraph of article i. General questions 1. State sanitary inspection (inspection) is the Ministry of Health's national regulatory authority.
2. inspections are supplemented with a small picture of the Latvian National coat-of-arms and a full inspection. Inspectorate has public accounts Treasury settlement Center. Inspection of the State General Fund.
 
II. Inspection functions, tasks and rights 3. Inspection functions is the protection of public health and consumer protection laws related to national compliance with monitoring and control in the territory of Latvia epidemiological safety, environmental hygiene, drinking water safety, chemicals and chemical products, marketing and use, as well as the safety of cosmetic products.
4. Inspections shall be carried out under the supervision and control of: 4.1 – the epidemiological safety, monitoring of the statutory requirements of prevention and pretepidēmij;
4.2. environmental hygiene in the areas of: 4.2.1. controlling the statutory hygiene requirements for sensitive objects, including recreational areas. The inspection does not control the hygiene requirements for food establishments, with the exception of water supply enterprises;
4.2.2. legislation the cases controlling economic activities create environmental risk factors for adverse effects on human health and public buildings in the residential premises (premises of residential buildings — at the request of the population) and in their territory;
4.3. safety of drinking water in the area, controlling the statutory drinking water safety requirements for public drinking water supply facilities of the water intake to the consumer, as well as the monitoring of the statutory requirements of the safety zones around water sampling sites;
4.4. chemicals, chemical products and the marketing and use of biocidal products — to ensure the interests of citizens and consumers, health and life protection, monitoring of the statutory requirements for chemicals, chemical products and biocides in trade and law cases, chemicals, chemical products and biocide use, disinfecting, disinsectisation and also pest extermination;
4.5 cosmetic safety: 4.5.1. legislation in the order establishing and maintaining production in Latvia and imported cosmetic products and their ingredients database;
4.5.2 controlling the statutory safety requirements for cosmetic products, as well as good manufacturing practice conditions, cosmetic production, to ensure public and consumer interests, protection of health and life.
5. Inspection: 5.1 according to the competency of the appearance of the natural and legal persons complaints, applications and proposals and respond to them;
5.2. the procedure laid down in the laws and provides information and proposals in State and municipal institutions and enterprises, as well as other legal and natural persons falling within the competence of the inspection issues;
5.3. in accordance with the laws and carry out other tasks.
6. right of Inspection are: 6.1. According to competence to take control in any of the activities referred to in the field across the territory of Latvia and to follow the legal and natural persons shall comply with regulations, prevent compliance with the norms, as well as end the population and consumer interests, health and life harmful acts or omissions;
6.2. the laws and regulations in order to request and receive, free of charge for the performance of tasks required information from natural and legal persons, as well as State and municipal institutions;
6.3. to prepare and submit proposals to the Ministry of health in legislative projects and measures to be taken by the national monitoring and control of the relevant competence of inspection activities;
6.4. to examine administrative infringement cases, impose administrative sanctions and laws in order to submit materials to law enforcement agencies for violations, as well as to take action in the event of proceedings against the natural or legal persons of public and consumer interests, health and life damage;
6.5. to submit proposals to the competent authorities on the need to suspend or revoke the accreditation of a national authorisation or conformity assessment, certification and inspection bodies, which operate in the competence of inspection activities, as well as other institutions require authorisation, licensing or withdrawal of a declaration of conformity in case of violations of the laws and inspection competence areas of activity;
6.6. other laws and rights.
 
III. activities of the rule of law and Inspection activity reports to ensure 7. supervision and control, the inspection shall cooperate with the other national regulatory authorities, State and local authorities, non-governmental organizations, foreign and international bodies and organizations, as well as participating in the national, transnational and international programs and projects.
8. Inspection laws in the order gives the annual public accounts, reports on the use of financial resources, as well as other reports.
9. in order to ensure the rule of law, the inspection activities inspection is created in the internal control system, as well as certain decisions. Inspectorate has rules, and inspection activity is documented.
10. Inspection on monitoring and surveillance results inform the local or national authorities responsible for the examined object.
 
IV. Inspection the structure and personnel 11. Inspection shall be headed by a Director. The Director is appointed and released from the post of Health Minister.
12. the Director of the Inspectorate is also the main state sanitary inspector.
13. inspection of the structure determines the inspection Director. The Inspection Department of the territorial Division Director is determined by matching with the Health Minister.

14. the Director of the Inspectorate organizes the inspection work according to the State administration of machine to the law and regulations.
15. the Director of the Inspectorate's Deputy. Deputy Director of organizing, monitoring and control work inspection competence areas. The Deputy Director is also the main state sanitary inspector. The Director of the Inspectorate may have other deputies.
16. the territorial Department of the inspection is at the head of the relevant territory senior State Sanitary Inspector. The regional head of the inspection department at the main state sanitary inspector, Deputy in the region concerned.
17. officials of the Inspection is an inspection Director, Deputy Directors, Department heads, Deputy Heads of departments, Senior Inspector, inspectors, inspectors, senior rapporteurs, rapporteurs, senior experts, experts and the latest experts.
18. the inspection and monitoring powers are the following inspections: inspection Director of officials (the main state sanitary inspector), Deputy Director (Chief Inspector of the national sanitary Vice-President), control and monitoring unit managers and executives, Senior Deputy Inspectors, surveyors, inspectors, older younger experts, experts, and the latest experts (hereinafter Inspector).
19. The inspectors, carrying out job responsibilities, has special distinguishing marks — tokens, as well as the service's certificate. Sample of the certificate and the badge, as well as carrying and reporting arrangements approved by the Director of the Inspectorate.
20. The inspection officers, providing information, comply with the freedom of information act. Inspection officials have prohibited the disclosure of the natural and legal persons that are secrets become known in the course of their duties.
21. The inspection officer decisions or actual action may be challenged in a higher authority. If the person is not satisfied with the decision of the Supreme authority, or actual action, it can appeal to a Court of law. With companies, institutions and organisations of the suspension decision appeal shall not suspend the implementation thereof.
 
V. rights of 22 Inspectors. Inspectors according to the competences and powers, the exercise of State supervision and control, have the right to: 22.1. without prior notice, special permissions, fees and other restrictions to attend unharmed and to control any object in the entire territory of Latvia regardless of subordination and attendance mode, except in special institutions and in the areas of attendance should be aligned with the management of the institution concerned or the administration of the territory. Reconciliation is not required when there is a reasonable suspicion that the object can be infectious disease agents or employees can contribute to the transmission of these agents;
22.2. to request controlled natural and legal persons to provide inspectors the necessary working conditions for the object;
22.3. the request to manageable physical and legal persons ensure the object, the object's officers or other representative present during controls;
22.4. take control without the presence of a representative of the object, if the controlled person does not comply with that rule 22.3. claims referred to. In this case, if necessary, call witnesses;
22.5. during controls to seamlessly make a product, product, goods, property, vehicles, premises, facilities, equipment and other objects look;
22.6. the laws and regulations in order to take the product and environmental samples and organize their laboratory or other expertise, if found any discrepancies or has a reasonable suspicion for the respective object, product or service without compliance with legislation requirements, or expertise is required to establish the State of hygiene and pretepidēmij measures taken;
14.1. to request and receive free of charge information and documentation necessary for control, as well as the laws and regulations in order to remove documents or certified copies thereof to receive it;
22.8. to request the legal and natural persons shall comply with regulations, prevent non-compliance with those measures taken to improve the situation, as well as end the population and consumer interests, health and life harmful acts or omissions;
14.2. to take decisions, give opinions, make orders, to draw up legislation and protocols, determine the required measures, review materials for law violations, as well as other legislation;
22.10. legislation in order to apply to natural and legal persons for administrative offences;
22.11. legislation in order to make decisions about the company, body or suspension;
12/22. If necessary, inspection tasks to call on the police and other law enforcement personnel;
22.13. to propose the authorisations issued by other institutions, licensing or withdrawal of a declaration of conformity in case of violations of the laws and inspection competence areas of activity;
22.14. the use of other laws and rights.
 
VI. final question 23. Be declared unenforceable in the Cabinet of Ministers of 29 July 1997, Regulation No 261 "state sanitary inspection rules" (Latvian journal, 1997, 194./195.nr.).
Prime Minister e. Repše Health Minister i. Cricket is the Editorial Note: regulations shall enter into force by May 7, 2003.