Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) A person who has a
duty under regulation 5 to give notice about a patient is to give that
notice —
(a) if
the patient has acute rheumatic fever — by causing the information
described in regulation 8 to be provided to the Chief Health Officer at
the times specified in regulation 9;
(b) if
the patient has rheumatic heart disease — by causing the
information described in regulation 10 to be provided to the Chief Health
Officer at the times specified in regulation 11.
Penalty: a fine of $1 000, but the minimum
penalty —
(a) for
a first offence, is a fine of $100;
(b) for
a second offence, is a fine of $200;
(c) for
a subsequent offence, is a fine of $500.
(2) These regulations
do not impose a duty on any person to give notice about any of the
following —
(a)
information about a diagnosis that occurred, or treatment that was given,
before the commencement of this regulation;
(b) a
medical test carried out on a patient before the commencement of this
regulation;
(c) a
medical specialist report written before the commencement of this regulation.
(3) Despite anything
else in these regulations —
(a) a
person is not required to cause information to be provided to the Chief Health
Officer if the person reasonably believes that the Chief Health Officer has
already been provided with the information; and
(b) a
person has a duty under these regulations to give notice about a patient even
if the patient has been previously diagnosed with, or treated for, acute
rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease in another State or a Territory.
[Regulation 6 amended: Gazette 10 Jan 2017
p. 278.]