Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 234

234 Notifications about cancer to be given to chief executive

(1) If a pathological examination of a specimen of human origin indicates that the person from whom the specimen was taken is or was suffering from cancer, the director of the pathology laboratory where the examination is undertaken—

(a) must complete a notification for the person; and

(b) must give the notification to the chief executive within the time prescribed under a regulation.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) A notification for a person under subsection (1) must—

(a) be given for each pathological examination; and

(b) include the name of the doctor who referred the person’s specimen for pathological examination; and

(c) be in the approved form.

(3) The person in charge of a hospital or residential care facility must give a notification to the chief executive within the time prescribed under a regulation if a person known to be suffering from cancer who is a patient in the hospital or a resident of the residential care facility—

(a) separates from the hospital; or

(b) ceases to be a resident of the facility.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(4) A notification for a person under subsection (3) must be in the approved form.

(5) The person in charge of a hospital must give a notification to the chief executive about a person if—

(a) the person is known to have cancer; and

(b) the person is attending the hospital as an outpatient to receive treatment for cancer; and

(c) it is the first time in the calendar year the person has attended the hospital as an outpatient to receive treatment for cancer.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(6) A notification for a person under subsection (5) must be in the approved form.