Victorian Current Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 188A

    (1)     If the Chief Health Officer believes it is necessary for the investigation of whether there is a risk to public health, or for the management or control of a risk to public health, the Chief Health Officer may, by writing, request a person to do any of the following—

        (a)     conduct further analysis of a sample or isolate;

        (b)     transfer a sample or isolate to a laboratory specified in the written request for further analysis;

        (c)     notify the Chief Health Officer of the results of the requested analysis;

        (d)     report any information in relation to the requested analysis in accordance with any reporting requirements specified in the written request.

    (2)     A person may refuse to comply with a request under subsection (1).

    (3)     The Chief Health Officer must at the time of making a request under subsection (1) advise the person that the person may refuse to comply with the request.