Hong Kong Ordinances

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE - SECT 61

Infectious diseases

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(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 scheduled infectious disease, or a disease caused by a scheduled
        infectious agent, within the meaning of the Prevention and 
        Control of Disease Ordinance ( Cap 599); and (Replaced 14 of 2008 s.
        18)

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

"infectious disease" (傳染病)