National Health Act, 2014
The National Health Act 2014 is an Act to provide a framework for the regulation, development and management of a national health system and set standards for rendering health services in the federation; and for related matters.
Part I—Responsibility for Health and Eligibility for Health Services and Establishment of National Health System
Section 1 National Health Act 2014 – Establishment of the National Health System.
Section 2 National Health Act 2014 – Functions of the Federal Ministry of Health.
Section 3 National Health Act 2014 – Eligibility for exemption from payment for health services in public
health establishments.
Section 4 National Health Act 2014 – Establishment and composition of the National Council on Health.
Section 5 National Health Act 2014 – Functions of the National Council.
Section 6 National Health Act 2014 – Establishment and Composition of the Technical Committee of the
National Council.
Section 7 National Health Act 2014 – Functions of the Technical Committee.
Section 8 National Health Act 2014 – Conduct of the proceedings of the Technical Committee.
Section 9 National Health Act 2014 – Establishment of the National Tertiary Health Institutions Standards
Committee.
Section 10 National Health Act 2014 – Function of the Committee.
Section 11 National Health Act 2014 – Establishment of Basic Health Care Provision Fund.
Part II—Health Establishments and Technologies
Section 12 National Health Act 2014 – Classification of health establishment and technologies.
Section 13 National Health Act 2014 – Certificate of Standards.
Section 14 National Health Act 2014 – Offences and Penalties in respect of Certificate of Standards.
Section 15 National Health Act 2014 – Provision of health services at public health establishments.
Section 16 National Health Act 2014 – Health Services at non-health establishments and at public health
establishments other than hospitals.
Section 17 National Health Act 2014 – Referral from one health establishment to another.
Section 18 National Health Act 2014 – Relationship between public and private health establishments.
Section 19 National Health Act 2014 – Evaluating services of health establishments.
Part III—Rights and Obligations of Users and Healthcare Personnel
Section 20 National Health Act 2014 – Emergency treatment.
Section 21 National Health Act 2014 – Rights of health care personnel.
Section 22 National Health Act 2014 – Indemnity of the healthcare provider, officer or employee of a
healtheare establishment.
Section 23 National Health Act 2014 – User to have full knowledge.
Section 24 National Health Act 2014 – Duty to disseminate information.
Section 25 National Health Act 2014 – Obligation to keep record.
Section 26 National Health Act 2014 – Confidentiality.
Section 27 National Health Act 2014 – Access to health records.
Section 28 National Health Act 2014 – Access to health records by health care provider.
Section 29 National Health Act 2014 – Protection of health records.
Section 30 National Health Act 2014 – Laying of complaints.
Part IV—National Health Research and Information System
Section 31 National Health Act 2014 – Establishment, composition and tenure of National Health Research
Committee.
Section 32 National Health Act 2014 – Research or experimentation with human subject.
Section 33 National Health Act 2014 – Establishment, composition, function and tenure of National Health
Research Ethics Committee.
Section 34 National Health Act 2014 – Establishment and function of Health Research Ethics Committee.
Section 35 National Health Act 2014 – Co-ordination of National Health Management Information System
(NHMIS).
Section 36 National Health Act 2014 – Duties of the FCT as regards health information.
Section 37 National Health Act 2014 – Duties of FCT Area Councils.
Section 38 National Health Act 2014 – Duties of private healthcare providers.
Section 39 National Health Act 2014 – National drugs formulary and essential drugs list and safety of drugs
and food supply.
Section 40 National Health Act 2014 – National Health Insurance Scheme.
Part V—Human Resources for Health
Section 41 National Health Act 2014 – Development and provision of human resources in National Health
System.
Section 42 National Health Act 2014 – Appropriate distribution of health care providers.
Section 43 National Health Act 2014 – Regulations relating to management of human resources in the health
system.
Section 44 National Health Act 2014 – Plan for Manpower Development.
Section 45 National Health Act 2014 – Industrial Dispute.
Section 46 National Health Act 2014 – Medical treatment abroad.
Part VI—Control of Use of Blood, Blood Products, Tissue and Gametes in Humans
Section 47 National Health Act 2014 – Establishment of National Blood Transfusion Services.
Section 48 National Health Act 2014 – Removal of Tissue, Blood or Blood products from living persons.
Section 49 National Health Act 2014 – Use of Tissue, Blood or Blood products removed or withdrawn from
living persons.
Section 50 National Health Act 2014 – Prohibition of Reproductive, Therapeutic Cloning of human kind.
Section 51 National Health Act 2014 – Removal and transplantation of human tissue in hospital.
Section 52 National Health Act 2014 – Removal, use or transplantation of tissue and administering of blood
and blood products by Medical Practitioner or Dentist.
Section 53 National Health Act 2014 – Payment in connection with the importation, acquisition or supply of
tissue, blood or blood product.
Section 54 National Health Act 2014 – Allocation and use of human organs.
Section 55 National Health Act 2014 – Donation of human bodies and tissue of deceased persons.
Section 56 National Health Act 2014 – Purposes of donation of body, tissue etc.
Section 57 National Health Act 2014 – Procedure for revocation of any donation.
Section 58 National Health Act 2014 – Post-mortem Examination of bodies.
Part VII—Regulations and Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 59 National Health Act 2014 – Regulations.
Section 60 National Health Act 2014 – Powers of Minister to appoint committees.
Section 61 National Health Act 2014 – National Consultative Health Forum.
Section 62 National Health Act 2014 – Assignment of duties and delegation of powers.
Section 63 National Health Act 2014 – Savings and Transitional Provisions.
Section 64 National Health Act 2014 – Interpretation.
Section 65 National Health Act 2014 – Citation.
