Review Article

Thailand Momentum on Policy and Practice in Local Legislation on Dengue Vector Control

Table 2

Milestone of provisions of the laws regarding local administration development and disease prevention and control by the SAO, 1992ā€“2009.

YearaProvision of LawbPurpose of lawc

1992The Public Health Act, B.E. 2535LDPC
1994The Subdistrict Council and Subdistrict Administrative Organization Act, B.E. 2537LAD
1995The Subdistrict Council and Subdistrict Administrative Organization Act; The Amendment Issue No. 2, B.E. 2538LAD
1996The Subdistrict Council and Subdistrict Administrative Organization Act; Interior Ministerial Regulation, B.E. 2539LAD
1997The Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, B.E. 2540LAD
1997The Official Information Act, B.E. 2540ā€‰
1997The Subdistrict Council and Subdistrict Administrative Organization Act; Interior Ministerial Regulation; The Amendment Issue No. 2, B.E. 2540LAD
1998The Subdistrict Council and Subdistrict Administrative Organization Act; Interior Ministerial Regulation; The Amendment Issue No. 3, B.E. 2541LAD
1999The Determining Plans and Process of Decentralization to Local Administrative Organization Act, B.E. 2542LAD
1999The Subdistrict Council and Subdistrict Administrative Organization Act; The Amendment Issue No. 3, B.E. 2542LAD
2000The Decentralization to Local Government Organization Committee Notification of a Decentralization to Local Administrative Organization Plan, B.E. 2543LAD
2002The Public Health Ministerial Notification of the Abatement of Aedes Breeding Place, B.E. 2545LDVC
2003The Subdistrict Council and Subdistrict Administrative Organization Act; The Amendment Issue Nos. 4 and 5, B.E. 2546LAD
2006The Determining Plans and Process of Decentralization to Local Administrative Organization Act; The Amendment Issue No. 2, B.E. 2549LAD
2007The Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, B.E. 2550LAD
2007The Public Health Act; The Amendment Issue No. 2, B.E. 2550LDPC
2008The Decentralization to Local Government Organization Committee Notification of a Decentralization to Local Administrative Organization Plan; The Amendment Issue No. 2, B.E. 2551LAD
2009The Subdistrict Council and Subdistrict Administrative Organization Act; The Amendment Issue No. 6, B.E. 2552LAD

A year (A.D.) in which the law was promulgated in the Royal Thai Government Gazette according to Buddhist Era (B.E).
bValid until February 2014.
cPurposes of the enacted laws have been applied for the levels of governmental agencies to implement local administration development (LAD) on all due aspects and to precede local legislation on disease prevention and control (LDPC) as well as local legislation on dengue vector control (LDVC).