Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 89

89 Functions of contact tracing officer

(1) A contact tracing officer has the following functions—

(a) identifying persons who may have contracted a notifiable condition;

(b) identifying persons who may transmit a notifiable condition to others;

(c) informing persons who may have contracted a notifiable condition so that they may seek medical examination and treatment;

(d) providing information to persons who may have contracted a notifiable condition to prevent or minimise transmission of the notifiable condition;

(e) obtaining information about the following to prevent or minimise transmission of a notifiable condition—

(i) how a person has, or may have, been exposed to the notifiable condition;

(ii) how a person has, or may have, exposed other persons to the notifiable condition.

(2) A contact tracing officer’s functions may be exercised within or outside Queensland or in relation to persons within or outside Queensland.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2) , if the chief health officer has made an arrangement under subsection (4) with the corresponding officer for a jurisdiction, a contact tracing officer’s functions may be exercised under the arrangement in relation to the jurisdiction or persons connected with the jurisdiction.

(4) For subsection (3) , the chief health officer may make an arrangement with a corresponding officer for a jurisdiction for contact tracing officers to exercise functions in relation to the jurisdiction or persons connected with the jurisdiction.

(5) In this section—

"corresponding officer" , for a jurisdiction, means a person who has functions under a law of the jurisdiction that correspond with the chief health officer’s functions.

"jurisdiction" means the Commonwealth or another State.