South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts22—Risk of avoidable mortality or morbidity
(a) the
Chief Public Health Officer becomes aware of the existence of, or potential
for the occurrence of, a situation putting a section of the community or a
group of individuals at an increased risk of avoidable mortality or morbidity;
and
(b) the
Chief Public Health Officer considers that effective solutions exist for the
reduction or elimination of those risks,
the Chief Public Health Officer may request the participation of any public
authority whose intervention may be useful in identifying or producing a
response to the circumstances being faced.
(2) A public authority
that receives a request under subsection (1) must consider the request
and then respond to the Chief Public Health Officer within a reasonable time.
(3) A response under
subsection (2) must include details about—
(a) any
steps already being taken by the public authority that may be relevant in the
circumstances; and
(b) any
plans that the public authority may have that may be relevant in the
circumstances; and
(c) any
steps that the public authority is willing to take in the circumstances; and
(d) any
other matter relating to the public authority that appears to be relevant.
(4) The
Chief Public Health Officer—
(a) must
advise the Minister if or when—
(i)
the Chief Public Health Officer makes a request of a
public authority under subsection (1); or
(ii)
a public authority provides a response under
subsection (2); and
(b)
without limiting paragraph (a), must take reasonable steps to advise the
Minister from time to time on action being taken to address any situation that
puts a section of the community or a group of individuals at an increased risk
of avoidable mortality or morbidity.