Section 21(9) in West Bengal Clinical Establishment (Registration, Regulation and Transparency), Rules, 2017
(9)The clinical establishment, as soon as it comes to its notice that any person, who has been received or accommodated in that establishment, is suffering from or has been suffering with any infectious diseases, the clinical establishment shall take appropriate precautionary measures for the protection of other patients, service providers and public at large.Explanation 1. - 'appropriate precautionary measures' includes but not limited to (a) Universal work precautions;(b)Barrier Nursing; (c) Isolation; (d) disinfection; and (e) any such scientific measures as may be notifiedExplanation 2. - "Infectious disease" means a laboratory confirmed or clinically manifested disease of man or animal resulting from an infection. Infection means the entry and development or multiplication of an infectious agent in the body of a man or animal.
