Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2000

- made under the Public Health Act 1997

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of regulation  
   2.       Dictionary  
   3.      Notes  
   3A.     Offences against regulation—application of Criminal Code etc  

   PART 2--COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL

           Division 2.1--Key concepts

   4.      Immunisation against vaccine preventable diseases  
   5.      What is a vaccine preventable disease?  
   6.      Obligations on parents, guardians and responsible persons  

           Division 2.2--Immunisation

   7A.     Meaning of pre-secondary school—div 2.2  
   8.      Provision of immunisation history on enrolment at school  
   9.      Immunisation records kept by pre-secondary schools  
   10.     Change of immunisation status—notification  
   11.     Access to information about immunisation status  

           Division 2.3--Vaccine preventable diseases in schools

   12.     Notice by school to parent or guardian, and chief health officer  
   13.     Exclusion of children from school  
   14.     Enforcement of exclusion  
   15.     School staff with vaccine preventable diseases  

           Division 2.4--Schedule 1 conditions

   16.     Notice to school from parent or guardian—cases and contacts  
   17.     Exclusion from school or home-based care—cases  
   18.     Children with sch 1 conditions—precautions  
   19.     Exclusion from school or home-based care—contacts  
   20.     Contacts of children with sch 1 conditions—precautions  

           Division 2.5--Transmissible notifiable conditions

   21.     People with transmissible notifiable conditions  

   PART 4--CANCER REPORTING

   42.     Notification of pathologist test results  
   43.     Notification of cancer cases at hospitals and nursing homes  
   44.     Further information from doctors  
   45.     Protection of people giving cancer information  
   46.     Cancer register  
   47.     Disclosure of information on the cancer register  
   48.     Refusal of approval of access to registered information  
   49.     Confidentiality  

   PART 5--DRUG PREPARATION AND SUPPLY

           Division 5.1--General

   49A.    Meaning of prepare—pt 5  
   50.     Pharmaceutical businesses responsible for staff compliance  

           Division 5.2--Advertising and supply

   51.     Sale of injurious drugs, articles and apparatus  
   52.     Supply of disinfectants and proprietary remedies  
   53.     Labelling disinfectants, germicides, antiseptics and preservatives  
   54.     Supply of adulterated drugs  

           Division 5.3--Inspections

   55.     Inspection of drugs and appliances  

           Division 5.4--Pharmaceutical workers

   56.     Medical examination of pharmaceutical workers  
   57.     Directions to pharmaceutical workers with transmissible conditions  
   58.     Transmissible conditions and bandages  

           Division 5.6--Pharmacies

   63.     Insanitary conditions  

           Division 5.7--Miscellaneous

   64.     Supply by self or agent  

   PART 6--GENERAL SANITATION

           Division 6.1--Animals and birds

   65.     Keeping animals and birds—insanitary conditions  
   66.     Keeping domestic birds  
   67.     Animal and bird diseases  

           Division 6.2--Water supply

   68.     Protection of water supply  

           Division 6.3--Toilets

   68A.    Definitions—div 6.3  
   69.     Toilets not connected to the sewerage system  
   70.     Installation of septic tanks and chemical toilets  
   72.     Installation of non-chemical, non-flushing toilets  
   73.     Alteration of septic tanks and non-flushing toilets  
   76.     Directions to replace or alter toilets  
           SCHEDULE 1
           DICTIONARY
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