General Law on Health

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This document outlines the laws on public health in Mexico. It includes specific sections on mandatory vaccination of children and emergency vaccination.

Applicable countryMexico
Topics
Quarantine and isolation
Risk communication and community engagement
Subtopics
Authority to isolate
Authority to quarantine
Diphtheria vaccination
Emergency vaccination authority
Enforcement of childhood vaccination requirement
Exemption from childhood vaccination requirement
Isolation enforcement mechanisms and penalties
List of actionable diseases
Measles vaccination
Polio vaccination
Childhood vaccination requirement
Quarantine and isolation policies
Quarantine enforcement mechanisms and penalties
Tuberculosis vaccination
Enforcement of emergency vaccination
Transparency requirements
Original publication29 May 2023
Entered into force29 May 2023
Latest update29 May 2023
Relevant articles

Article 134 - Actionable Diseases

Articles 134 and 139 - Quarantine and Isolation

Article 139, 408 - Emergency Vaccination, Enforcement Mechanism (Criminalization, forcible vaccination)

Article 144 - Mandatory Vaccination

Chapter 2 - Mandatory Vaccination, Exemption Provisions

Article 419 - Penalties (Criminalization)

Article 157 Bis 3 Transparency requirements about vaccines

Available languages
Spanish Ley general de salud