Communicable Diseases Act, B.E. 2558 (2015) · Chapter III Provincial Communicable Disease Committees

Section 20

There shall be a Provincial Communicable Disease Committee, consisting of:

(1) the Provincial Governor as a chairperson;

(2) the Deputy Provincial Governor, the Head of Provincial Public Relations, the Head of Provincial Livestock, the Chief of Provincial Office of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, the Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Control responsible for such province and the Chief Executive of Provincial Administration Organisation as members;

(3) one Mayor and one Chief Executive of Subdistrict Administration Organisations, who are appointed by the Provincial Governor as members;

(4) one director of medical centre hospitals or general hospitals, two directors of community hospitals and two district health officers, who are appointed by the Provincial Governor as members;

(5) one manager of sanatoriums under the law on sanatoriums, who is appointed by the Provincial Governor as a member.

In the case where, in any province, there are hospitals affiliated with State agencies other than those specified in (4), the Provincial Governor shall appoint not more than three directors of such hospitals as members.

In the case where there is an international communicable disease control checkpoint in any province, the Provincial Governor shall also appoint one communicable disease control officer who is stationed at each of the international communicable disease control checkpoints and one person responsible for the port of entry of each of the checkpoints as members.

The Provincial Public Health Physician shall be a member and secretary, and the Provincial Governor shall appoint not more than two government officials of the Provincial Public Health Office, who operate the work related to disease prevention and control as members and assistant secretaries.

Unofficial English translation by the Division of Legal Affairs, Department of Disease Control (August 2025); the Thai text prevails.