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PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 (NO. 46 OF 2008) - SECT 127

Notification by registered medical practitioners of notifiable conditions

    (1)     This section applies if a registered medical practitioner has reasonable grounds to believe that a patient—

        (a)     has, or may have, a notifiable condition; or

        (b)     has, or may have, died with a notifiable condition.

    (2)     The registered medical practitioner must notify the Secretary of the notification details in accordance with—

        (a)     if the notifiable condition was prescribed to be a notifiable condition by the regulations, the regulations within the prescribed period; or

        (b)     if the notifiable condition was declared to be a notifiable condition by an Order in Council, the Order in Council within the specified period.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.


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