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HEALTH SERVICES AMENDMENT (MANDATORY VACCINATION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS) ACT 2020 (NO. 8 OF 2020) - SECT 4

Hospital must comply with directions of Secretary

    (1)     After section 42(1)(c) of the Health Services Act 1988 insert

    "(ca)     the requirements for specified persons, or a specified class of persons, employed or engaged by the hospital to be vaccinated against or prove immunity to specified diseases, including the consequences of non-compliance for those persons as employees or persons engaged by the hospital;".

    (2)     After section 42(2A) of the Health Services Act 1988 insert

    "(2B)     A direction under subsection (1)(ca), or compliance by a hospital or a person with that direction, does not constitute discrimination on the basis of political belief or activity or religious belief or activity for the purposes of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 .".



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