of December 22, 2006 No. 221
About protection of natural feeding of children
The purpose of this Law is creation of the necessary conditions providing health protection of mother and child, healthy nutrition of babies (babies) and children of younger age. Tasks of this Law are:
- promotion, encouragement and state support of natural feeding;
- increase in sanitary education of the population;
- strengthening of health and social improvement of women in connection with health protection of babies (babies) and children of younger age;
- legal regulation of turnover of products of baby food;
- giving to natural feeding of aspect of primary health care:
In this Law the following basic concepts are used:
- substitute of breast milk - any product sold in the market or provided otherwise for partial or complete replacement of breast milk;
- product of baby food - children's nutritious mix, any other product suitable for feeding of babies, nutritious mix for children of more advanced chest age;
- additional food - any food, suitable, or represented as suitable, as amendment to breast milk, to children's nutritious mix or mix for children of more advanced chest age;
- the designated product - product of baby food and small bottles (horns) for feeding, nipples, baby's dummies;
- children's nutritious mix - dairy or similar to milk the product of animal or phytogenesis made on industrial basis according to the state standards or international standards of food approved by International commission according to food standards for requirements satisfaction of babies in food during the period from the birth till first six months of their life;
- nutritious mixes for children more senior chest vozrastamolochny or similar to milk the product of animal or phytogenesis made on industrial basis according to the state standards or international standards of food approved by International commission according to food standards, represented as suitable for feeding of babies are more senior than six months and children of younger age;
- the distributor - the physical person and legal entity which is engaged in sale of the designated product wholesale or at retail;
- babies (babies) are children aged up to 12 months;
- children of younger age, - children aged from 1 up to 3 years;
- natural feeding (breastfeeding) feeding of babies (babies) and children of younger age;
- medical and sanitary organization - the public or non-state institution giving direct or indirect medical and sanitary help or performing the physician - sanitary education;
- the health worker - the doctors, nurses and midwifes giving medical and sanitary help or performing medical and sanitary education;
- the label - any sticker, brand, brand, the descriptive material pasted or applied on packaging of any designated product;
- sample - the separate or small amount of the designated product provided free of charge;
- turnover of products of baby food - activities of state bodies the, and also companies, organizations and organizations, irrespective of patterns of ownership performing production, conversion, storage, transportation, transfer, sale, distribution, destruction, import and export of the designated product;
- production - the engineering procedure directed to serial receipt of the designated product;
- transportation - movement of the designated product from one place in another within the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan irrespective of type of the used transport.
Operation of this Law extends to the relations;
- between the state bodies, physical persons and legal entities connected with creating favorable conditions for natural feeding of children;
- connected with turnover and advertizing of children's nutritious mixes, substitutes of breast milk, including additional food, and equally in small bottles (horns), pacifiers and baby's dummies.
The legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan on protection of natural feeding of children and the state control of turnover of products of baby food is based on the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan and consists of this Law, regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Tajikistan, and also international legal acts recognized by the Republic of Tajikistan.
The state guarantees the protection of the rights, freedoms and interests of nursing mothers and their children performed through structure of state bodies.
In addition to measures for protection of labor, family, social and other rights of the nursing mothers established by the legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan, the specified category of persons has the right to the following privileges:
- extraordinary servicing in medical institutions, trade enterprises and public catering, irrespective of patterns of ownership and departmental subordination;
- extraordinary acquisition of the ticket for any kinds of transport;
- free use of services of the rooms of mother and child relating to railway stations, the airports and terminals of road transport;
- free transportation of the babies and children of younger age by air, water, railway transport and public passenger common carrier.
For the purpose of creating favorable conditions to nursing mothers special rooms for mother and the child are provided in all terminals of road transport, the airports and railway stations, large industrial, trade and other enterprises.
For nursing mothers special seats are provided in public passenger transport and planes.
Government of the Republic of Tajikistan:
will organize and coordinates activities of local executive bodies of the government for realization of state policy in the field of protection of breastfeeding of children, health protection of babies and children of younger age;
develops and performs measures for execution of the major acts with protection of natural feeding of children;
provides accomplishment of the international obligations by the Republic of Tajikistan in the field;
performs other powers established by the legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan.
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The document ceased to be valid since May 30, 2017 according to article 222 of the Code of health care of the Republic of Tajikistan of 30.05.2017 No. 1413