WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 571B Obligation to disclose pre-existing injury or medical condition

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 571B

571B Obligation to disclose pre-existing injury or medical condition

(1) If requested by a prospective employer, a prospective worker must disclose to the prospective employer the prospective worker’s pre-existing injury or medical condition, if any.

(2) Subsection (1) applies only if the request is made in writing and includes the following information—

(a) the nature of the duties the subject of the employment;

(b) that if the prospective worker knowingly makes a false or misleading disclosure, under section 571C , the prospective worker or any other claimant will not be entitled to compensation or to seek damages for any event that aggravates the pre-existing injury or medical condition.

(3) However, subsection (1) does not apply if the prospective worker is engaged, as a result of the employment process, by the prospective employer before the worker has had a reasonable opportunity to comply with subsection (1) .