PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1997 - SECT 103 Pathologists

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1997 - SECT 103

    (1)     This section applies where—

        (a)     a pathologist has tested a specimen taken from a person for any purpose; and

        (b)     either—

              (i)     the pathologist carried out the test in the Territory; or

              (ii)     the person from whom the specimen was taken is resident in the Territory; and

        (c)     the result of the test indicates that the person has, or may have, a notifiable condition.

    (2)     Where this section applies, the following people must notify the chief health officer that the person whose specimen was tested has or may have a notifiable condition:

        (a)     the pathologist;

        (b)     if the pathologist is employed in a laboratory at a hospital—the person in charge of the laboratory;

        (c)     if the pathologist carried out the test in the course of the pathologist's employment other than at a hospital—the pathologist's employer.

    (3)     A notification under this section must be in accordance with the applicable code of practice.

    (4)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with subsection (2).

Maximum penalty (subsection (4)): 5 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.