Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts10. Advice by medical practitioner
A medical practitioner who diagnoses that a person is an infected person or who considers a person to be a suspect person -
(a) shall advise, where the person is an adult - the person;
(b) shall advise, where the person is a child who has not attained the age of 16 years - the parents or the guardian of the child; or
(c) as he thinks fit, may also advise, where the person is a child who has attained the age of 16 years - the parents or the guardian of the child,
of the nature of the notifiable disease, the measures needed to be taken to prevent the spread of that disease and the treatment, if any, required.