Q. With reference to “Notifiable Disease” consider the following statements:
1.A notifiable disease is any disease that is required by law to be reported to government authorities.
2.Any failure to report a notifiable disease is a criminal offence.
3.The onus of notifying any disease and the implementation lies with the central government.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Statement 1 and 2 are correct. A notifiable disease is any disease that is required by law to be reported to government authorities. Any failure to report a notifiable disease is a criminal offence and the state government can take necessary actions against defaulters.
Statement 3 is incorrect. The onus of notifying any disease and the implementation lies with the state government.
Source: ForumIAS
