ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Public Health Act
102. Private asylums
Edition: 2026-07-10 · In force
102. Private asylums
(1)If the Cabinet Secretary is satisfied that proper provision will be made for the care, comfort and custody of persons affected with leprosy, and for regulating intercourse between such persons and persons not so affected in any private leper asylum, he may by notice in the Gazette exempt from the provisions of this Act all persons affected with leprosy if and so long as they remain within the private leper asylum specified in such notice.(2)The Cabinet Secretary may at any time, by notice in the Gazette, cancel any exemption made by him under subsection (1), either in respect of all the inmates of a private leper asylum specified in such notice or in respect of such inmate or inmates as may be specified in the notice.(3)A medical officer may at any time enter any private leper establishment specified in any notice under subsection (1), and inspect the same and examine the inmates; and every such asylum shall be inspected and a report thereon sent to the Cabinet Secretary by a medical practitioner appointed by the Director-General for health in that behalf, at least once in every six months.