(1)No person who knows that he is suffering from leprosy shall, until it is certified by an authorised practitioner to be non infectious and to have been so for a period of not less than six months, engage himself or accept any employment,-(i)as a teacher, doctor, nurse, midwife, ayah or orderly, house servant, personal attendant; or(ii)in any other capacity, in which a direct and continued contact with any other person is effected or which involves deleterious contact with children.
