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PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2000 - REG 20

Contacts of children with sch 1 conditions—precautions

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a child (the contact child ) is a contact of a person who has a condition mentioned in schedule 1; and

        (b)     a period of exclusion from school or home-based care is specified in schedule 1 for such children.

    (2)     A person responsible for the contact child must, during the period of exclusion from school or care, take reasonable precautions (appropriate to the condition) to prevent possible transmission of the condition by the contact child.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (3)     In this section:

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



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