Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 349

349 Emergency officer (medical) may order detention

(1) This section applies if an emergency officer (medical) reasonably suspects that—

(a) a person in a public health emergency area has or may have a serious disease or illness; and

(b) the serious disease or illness, or the serious disease or illness and the person’s likely behaviour, constitutes an immediate risk to public health; and

(c) it is necessary to detain the person to effectively respond to the declared public health emergency.

(2) The emergency officer (medical) may order the detention of the person at a place decided by the officer within or outside the public health emergency area.

(3) The order must be in writing and state the following—

(a) a description of the serious disease or illness the person has or may have;

(b) the place where the person is to be detained;

(c) that the person must—

(i) if the person is at the place where the person is to be detained—remain at the place; or

(ii) if the person is not at the place where the person is to be detained—go to the place with the emergency officer (medical) or with a person nominated by the officer;

(d) the time when the detention order ends.