New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2010 - SECT 55

55 Laboratories to notify Secretary of Category 3 conditions

(cf 1991 Act, s 16)

(1) This section applies if--

(a) a pathology test is carried out at the request of a registered medical practitioner or other person of a class prescribed by the regulations (
"the requesting practitioner" ) for the purpose of determining whether a person has a Category 3 condition, and

(b) the test has a positive result.

(2) In these circumstances, the person who certifies the test results (
"the certifier" ) must send to the Secretary a report, in the approved form, as to those results as soon as practicable.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

(3) If the certifier so requests, the requesting practitioner must provide the certifier, within 72 hours after the request is made, with sufficient information to enable the report to be completed.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

(4) Subject to section 56, any medical practitioner involved in the treatment of the person concerned must, at the request of the Secretary, provide the Secretary with--

(a) such information as is necessary to complete or correct a report that appears to be incomplete or incorrect, and

(b) such other information concerning the person's medical condition and transmission and risk factors as is available to the medical practitioner.

(5) A registered medical practitioner must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with such a request.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.