Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 172

172 Chief executive may require details if child suspected of having a contagious condition

(1) This section applies if the chief executive reasonably suspects—

(a) that a child (the
"first child" ) attending a school, education and care service or QEC approved service has, or may have, a contagious condition; and

(b) that other children attending the school or service may be at risk of contracting the contagious condition.

(2) The chief executive may require a person in charge of the school, education and care service or QEC approved service to give the chief executive, to the extent it is available to the person in charge—

(a) information about the contact the first child has had with other children attending the school or service; and

(b) the following information for the first child and each other child with whom the first child has had contact—

(i) the child’s full name;

(ii) the child’s place and date of birth;

(iii) the child’s residential address;

(iv) contact details for at least 1 of the child’s parents;

(v) if the contagious condition is a vaccine preventable condition, whether the child has been vaccinated for the condition.

(3) The person in charge of a school, education and care service or QEC approved service must comply with a requirement of the chief executive under subsection (2) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(4) This section applies despite any other provision of this Act or any provision of another law that deals with confidentiality, including, for example, the Education and Care Services Act 2013 , section 130 and the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 , section 426 .