Queensland Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2018

- Made under the Public Health Act 2005
- As at 1 November 2023
- Reg 117 of 2018

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Dictionary

   PART 2 - PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS

           Division 1 - Asbestos

   4.      Purpose and application of division
   5.      Definitions for division
   6.      Administration and enforcement of division
   7.      Removal of friable ACM
   8.      Removal of bonded ACM
   9.      Cleaning or cutting ACM
   10.     Requirement to seal bonded ACM if broken
   11.     Requirement to take reasonable measures to minimise release of asbestos fibres
   12.     Packaging and disposal of associated asbestos waste
   13.     Prohibition on selling or giving away ACM

           Division 2 - Mosquitoes

   14.     Purpose of division—Act, s 61
   15.     Definitions for division
   16.     Administration and enforcement of division
   17.     Requirement to ensure place is not a breeding ground for mosquitoes
   18.     Construction, installation and maintenance of a relevant tank
   19.     Offence to damage screen or flap valve

           Division 3 - Rats and mice

   20.     Purpose of division—Act, s 61
   21.     Definition for division
   22.     Administration and enforcement of division
   23.     Requirement for owner of relevant structure
   24.     Offence to damage screen etc. on relevant structure
   25.     Requirement to ensure rats or mice do not live or breed on land around dwelling
   26.     Requirements about keeping rat or mouse for particular purposes

           Division 4 - Other public health risks

   27.     Invasive procedures
   27A.    Particular place used in unlawfully producing dangerous drug—Act, ss 11 and 18

   PART 3 - WATER RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS

   28.     Prescribed test for Legionella
   29.     Prescribed requirement for water risk management plans—Act, s 61D
   30.     Prescribed reporting period—Act, s 61I

   PART 4 - NOTIFIABLE CONDITIONS

   31.     Notifiable conditions and types of notifiable conditions
   32.     Requirements for notice of particular notifiable conditions—Act, ss 70–73
   33.     Prescribed agreements—Act, s 84

   PART 5 - INFECTION CONTROL FOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

   34.     ICMP not required for prescribed health care facilities—Act, ss 153 and 154

   PART 6 - CHILD HEALTH

           Division 1 - Contagious conditions and vaccine preventable conditions

   35.     Contagious conditions
   36.     Prescribed period for a contagious condition—Act, s 160
   37.     Vaccine preventable conditions
   38.     Requirements for vaccination

           Division 2 - Disclosure of information for school health programs

   39.     Prescribed information for school health programs—Act, s 213AD

   PART 7 - PERFORMANCE OF COSMETIC PROCEDURES ON CHILDREN

   40.     Procedures that are not cosmetic procedures—Act, s 213A

   PART 8 - HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

           Division 1 - Perinatal statistics

   41.     Prescribed time for notifying about delivery—Act, s 217
   42.     Prescribed agreements—Act, s 226

           Division 2 - Maternal death statistics

   43.     Prescribed time for notifying about maternal death—Act, s 228F
   44.     Prescribed agreements—Act, s 228O

           Division 3 - Cancer notifications

   45.     Non-notifiable types of skin cancer and non-invasive carcinoma
   46.     Prescribed person for keeping register—Act, s 232
   47.     Prescribed time for giving notification about cancer—Act, s 234
   48.     Prescribed agreements—Act, s 244

           Division 4 - (Repealed)

           Division 5 - Notifiable dust lung diseases

   49A.    Notifiable dust lung disease—Act, s 279AA
   49B.    Prescribed medical practitioners—Act, s 279AA
   49C.    Prescribed period—Act, s 279AF
   49D.    Prescribed agreement—Act, s 279AO

   PART 9 - WATER QUALITY

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   50.     Definitions for part

           Division 2 - Standards for and management of water quality

   51.     Standards for the quality of water and management of water quality
   52.     Quality standard for drinking water
   53.     Quality standard for recycled water intended to augment a supply of drinking water
   54.     Standard for recycled water intended to augment a supply of drinking water—supply and storage
   55.     Management of the quality of recycled water intended to augment a supply of drinking water—assessment and reporting
   56.     Quality standard for recycled water for irrigation of minimally processed food crops
   57.     Quality standard for recycled water supplied for a dual reticulation system
   58.     Quality standard for class A+ recycled water
   59.     Quality standard for class A, B, C or D recycled water

   PART 10 - MISCELLANEOUS

   60.     Paint—Act, s 60
   61.     Emergency officers (general)—Act, s 333
   61A.    Fees for quarantine during COVID-19 emergency—Act, s 362MC
   62.     Prescribed training for indemnity conditions—Act, s 454G
   63.     Human research ethics committee—Act, sch 2, definition human research ethics committee
   63A.    (Expired)

   PART 11 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

           Division 1 - Transitional provisions for SL No. 117 of 2018

   64.     Definitions for part
   65.     Certificates for the removal of bonded ACM
   66.     Existing notices about reporting periods for prescribed facilities
   67.     Use of drinking water samples taken under expired regulation for annual value
   68.     Existing approved recycled water management plans
   69.     Use of class A+ recycled water sample taken under expired regulation for annual value
   70.     Use of class A, B, C or D recycled water samples taken under expired regulation for annual value

           Division 2 - Transitional provision for Public Health (COVID-19) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2020

   71.     References to 2019-nCoV
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