Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A registered medical practitioner who believes on reasonable grounds that a person whom he or she is attending has a notifiable disease must –
(a) give the person any information about –
(i) the transmission and prevention of that disease; and
(ii) any other matter the Director determines; and
(b) arrange for the person to receive counselling in accordance with any relevant guidelines; and
(c) request the person to give relevant information in accordance with the relevant guidelines.
Penalty:
Fine not exceeding 25 penalty units.
(2) It is a defence in any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) for a registered medical practitioner to prove that the relevant information had already been given to the person by another registered medical practitioner.