Hong Kong Ordinances

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE - SECT 61

Infectious diseases

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(1) Subject to subsection (2), nothing in this Ordinance shall apply to a
person who discriminates against another person with a disability if-

   (a)  that person's disability is an infectious disease; and

   (b)  the discriminatory act is reasonably necessary to protect public
        health.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that subsection (1) has
no application to a person who is HIV-positive or has acquired immune
deficiency syndrome (commonly known as "AIDS") merely because of the fact that
the person has such a condition.

(3) In this section, "infectious disease" (傳染病)includes-

   (a)  any disease specified in the First Schedule to the Quarantine 
        and Prevention of Disease Ordinance ( Cap 141); and

   (b)  any communicable disease specified by the Director of Health by notice
        in the Gazette. (Enacted 1995) "infectious disease" (傳染病)