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PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2000 - REG 21

People with transmissible notifiable conditions

    (1)     A person who knows or suspects that the person has a transmissible notifiable condition, or knows or suspects that the person is a contact of such a person, must take reasonable precautions (appropriate to that condition) against transmitting the condition.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (2)     If a person responsible (the responsible person ) for another person (the other person ) knows or suspects that the other person has a transmissible notifiable condition, or knows or suspects that the other person is a contact of such a person, the responsible person must take reasonable precautions (appropriate to the condition) to prevent the other person from transmitting the condition.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (3)     In this section:

"reasonable precautions" includes precautions taken on the advice of a doctor (including an authorised medical officer) or an authorised officer.



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