Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsIn this part—
"approved operator" see section 279AD .
"health practitioner" means a person registered under the Health Practitioner
Regulation National Law to practise a health profession, other than as a
student.
"notifiable dust lung disease" , in relation to a person, means a respiratory
disease prescribed by regulation that is caused by occupational exposure to a
type of dust prescribed by regulation.
"occupational exposure" means exposure of a person to dust occurring, wholly
or partly, in the course of the person’s work.
"prescribed medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner who is member
of a class of persons prescribed by regulation.
"register" means the Notifiable Dust Lung Disease Register established and
kept under section 279AB .
"regulator" see the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 , schedule 5 .
"relevant chief executive" means any of the following persons—
(a) the chief executive of the department in which the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 is administered ;
(b) the chief executive of the department in which the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 is administered;
(c) another chief executive prescribed by regulation.