PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING REGULATIONS 2019 (SR NO 135 OF 2019)

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PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING REGULATIONS 2019 (SR NO 135 OF 2019)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

1. Objective
2. Authorising provisions
3. Commencement
4. Definitions

PART 2--PRESCRIBED SENIOR OFFICERS

5. Prescribed senior officers

PART 3--CONSULTATIVE COUNCILS

6. Meetings of Consultative Councils
7. Quorum of Consultative Council meetings
8. Fees payable to members of a Consultative Council or Consultative Council sub-committee
9. Prescribed Consultative Council
10. Persons to whom a prescribed Consultative Council may provide certain information
11. Information for research
12. Time to provide birth report

PART 4--VECTOR-BORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL

13. Purpose of this Part
14. Definition

Division 1--Mosquito control

15. Duty to control mosquito breeding grounds
16. Direction by authorised officer appointed by Council
17. Direction by any other authorised officer

Division 2--Control of disease vectors other than mosquitoes

18. Division does not apply in relation to mosquitoes
19. Notice by Chief Health Officer
20. Direction by authorised officer appointed by Council
21. Direction by any other authorised officer

PART 5--REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN BUSINESS PREMISES

Division 1--Preliminary

22. Purpose
23. Prescribed business
24. Exempt businesses

Division 2--Registered premises other than premises of category 1 aquatic facilities

25. Application of Division
26. Applications for issue of registration of premises
27. Applications for transfer of registration of premises
28. Applications for renewal of registration of premises
29. Condition of registered premises
30. Condition of skin penetrating equipment intended to be used at registered premises
31. Condition of skin penetrating equipment after use at registered premises
32. Condition of other articles used at registered premises
33. Personal service hygiene at registered premises
34. Hand washing facilities at registered premises
35. Information to be provided to clients—tattooing, ear piercing, body piercing and other skin penetration processes
36. Information to be kept—premises that conduct tattooing, body piercing or other skin penetration process
37. Advertising and registered premises
38. Notice to be displayed at registered premises
39. Prescribed condition of registration

Division 3--Aquatic facilities

40. Application of Division
41. Applications for issue of registration of premises
42. Applications for transfer of registration of premises
43. Applications for renewal of registration of premises
44. Prescribed conditions of registration
45. Purpose
46. Duty to minimise risks
47. Duty to maintain and test
48. Chemical testing
49. Microbiological quality of aquatic facility water
50. Condition of aquatic facilities
51. Clarity of aquatic facility water
52. Temperature
53. Filtering
54. Treatment of aquatic facility water
55. Cyanuric acid level
56. Total alkalinity level
57. Combined chlorine
58. Aquatic facility that is suspected or implicated as the source of infection
59. Procedure for responding to non-compliance with microbiological parameters
60. Offence to tamper with sample of aquatic facility water
61. Requirement to keep aquatic facility records

PART 6--REGULATORY PROVISIONS ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY

Division 1--Cooling tower systems

62. Meaning of responsible person
63. Obligations to maintain and test cooling tower systems
64. Applications to register or renew registration of a cooling tower system—prescribed fees
65. Secretary may waive fees for registration or renewal of registration of a cooling tower system
66. Risks to be addressed in cooling tower system risk management plans
67. Documents to be inspected in conducting cooling tower system risk management plan audits
68. Treatment of cooling tower system water
69. Disinfection, cleaning and re-disinfection of cooling tower system
70. Routine service and testing obligations
71. Procedure for responding to detection of high heterotrophic colony count
72. Alternate procedure for responding to detection of high heterotrophic colony count
73. Procedure for responding to detection of Legionella
74. Requirement to report detections of high concentrations of Legionella to the Secretary
75. Requirement to report 3 consecutive detections of Legionella to the Secretary
76. Response to notification that cooling tower system is suspected or implicated as a source of infection
77. Offence to tamper with sample of recirculating water
78. Offence to falsify laboratory report
79. Requirement to keep records

Division 2--Legionella risks in certain premises

80. Meaning of responsible person
81. Application of this Division
82. Obligation to manage Legionella risks
83. Water delivery system suspected or implicated as the source of infection
84. Offence to tamper with water sample
85. Offence to falsify laboratory report

Division 3--Pest control

86. Pest control licence fees
87. Qualifications for pest control licences
88. Training for supervised pest control licence holders
89. Records

PART 7--MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, MICRO-ORGANISMS AND MEDICAL CONDITIONS

Division 1--Notifications

90. Purpose of this Division
91. Notifiable conditions and micro-organisms
92. Notification details
93. Notification of notifiable conditions—registered medical practitioners
94. Notification of notifiable conditions—pathology services
95. Notification of notifiable micro-organisms in food—laboratories and food premises
96. Transfer of samples and isolates for sub-typing
97. Sub-typing information to be provided to the Secretary

Division 2--Notification and directions

98. Secretary may notify Council
99. Secretary may give written directions
100. Powers of authorised officer

Division 3--Notification of anaphylaxis

101. Definitions
102. Prescribed notification details and manner and period for notification of anaphylaxis

Division 4--Closure of court or tribunal

103. Closure of court or tribunal—prescribed diseases

Division 5--Immunisation

104. Definition of immunised
105. Definition of early childhood service
106. Vaccine-preventable diseases
107. Prescribed period—interval for provision of immunisation status certificate for a child who attends an early childhood service
108. Retention of immunisation status certificates at primary schools
109. Access to immunisation status certificates
110. Provision of information
111. Exclusion from primary school, education and care service premises or children's services centre
112. Disclosure of information to Councils by secondary schools—immunisation co-ordination

Division 6--Tissue donations

113. Use of donated semen—prescribed periods

Division 7--Information to sex workers and clients

114. Provision of information to sex workers and clients upon request

PART 8--INFRINGEMENTS

115. Infringements

PART 9--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

116. Definitions
117. Transitional provisions—existing pest control licence holders
118. Transitional provisions—new pest control licences in the transition period
119. Transitional provision—new pest control licences in the transition period

PART 10--AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING REGULATIONS 2009

120. Principal Regulations
121. Title
122. Objective
123. Definitions
124. Parts 2 to 4 revoked
125. Regulation 15 revoked
126. Applications for registration
127. Division 3 of Part 5 revoked

Division 3--of Part 5 of the Principal Regulations is revoked.

128. Prescribed conditions
129. Parts 6 to 9 revoked
130. Infringements
131. Part 11 revoked
132. Schedules 1 to 8 revoked
133. Expiry
134. Transitional provision—change of title
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