South Australian Current Regulations

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC HEALTH (NOTIFIABLE AND CONTROLLED NOTIFIABLE CONDITIONS) REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 5B

5B—Exemption from notification requirements

        (1)         Pursuant to section 109(2)(t) of the Act, a medical practitioner is exempt from the application of section 64(1) of the Act—

            (a)         in respect of a suspicion (other than a suspicion formed on the basis of a point-of-care test) that a person has a designated notifiable condition; or

            (ab)         in respect of a suspicion formed on the basis of a point-of-care test that a person has a designated notifiable condition if the medical practitioner knows or reasonably believes that a report has already been made to the Chief Public Health Officer by a pathology service; or

            (b)         if the medical practitioner suspects that a person is suffering from a notifiable AEFI and knows or reasonably believes that a report has already been made to the Chief Public Health Officer by another medical practitioner or registered health practitioner of a class prescribed under regulation 5A(1).

        (2)         In this regulation—

"designated notifiable condition" means—

            (a)         Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); or

            (b)         Influenza; or

            (c)         Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV); or

            (d)         Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 infection (SARS-CoV-2); or

            (e)         Chlamydia trachomatis (sexually transmitted infection only), but only in relation to a person who is of or over the age of 17 years.