PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 72 When the director of a pathology laboratory must notify a pathological diagnosis notifiable condition

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 72

72 When the director of a pathology laboratory must notify a pathological diagnosis notifiable condition

(1) The director of a pathology laboratory must, under subsection (2) , unless the director has a reasonable excuse, notify the chief executive if a pathological examination of a specimen of human origin in the laboratory indicates that the person from whom the specimen was taken has or had a pathological diagnosis notifiable condition.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) The notice must—

(a) comply with the requirements prescribed under a regulation; and

(b) include the name of the doctor who referred the person’s specimen for pathological examination; and

(c) be in the approved form.