Victorian Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH (INFECTIOUS DISEASES) REGULATIONS 2001

S.R. No. 41/2001
Version incorporating amendments as at 14 March 2008

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Regulation Page

   PART 1-PRELIMINARY

   1.      Objectives
   2.      Authorising provisions
   3.      Revocations
   4.      Definitions

   PART 2-PRESCRIBED AND NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES

   5.      Infectious diseases
   6.      Notifiable diseases

   PART 3-GENERAL CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

           Division 1-Notifications

   7.      Notification by pathology services
   8.      Notification by medical practitioners
   9.      Notification of micro-organisms in food and water supplies
   10.     Notice to medical officers of health or environmental health officers

           Division 2-Directions

   11.     Directions to medical officers of health or environmental health officers
   12.     Directions by medical officers of health or environmental health officers

           Division 3-Prevention of infection through schools and children's services centres

   13.     Provision of information
   14.     Exclusion

           Division 4-Powers of Secretary

   15.     Outbreak of infectious disease

   PART 4-SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO HIV, HEPATITIS C, TYPHOID FEVER AND ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS

           Division 1-Human Immunodeficiency Virus

   16.     Counsellors
   17.     Records

           Division 2-Transmission of HIV and Hepatitis C through
           donations

   18.     Blood donations
   19.     Tissue donations

           Division 3-Typhoid fever

   20.     Prohibition on food handling by typhoid carriers

           Division 4-Arbovirus infections

   21.     Prevention of mosquito breeding

   PART 5-PROVISIONS RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PREMISES REGISTERED UNDER SECTION 366C OF THE
   ACT

           Division 1-Definitions

   22.     Definitions

           Division 2-Cleanliness

   23.     Cleanliness of premises
   24.     Cleanliness of equipment
   25.     Personal hygiene

           Division 3-Provision of information

   25A.    Information to clients of skin penetration premises

   PART 6-BROTHELS

           Division 1-Interpretation

   26.     Definition

           Division 2-Safe sexual practices

   27.     Provision and storage of condoms
   28.     Use of condoms
   29.     Refusal of service

           Division 3-Medical examination

   30.     Evidence of medical examination

           Division 4-Provision of information in brothels

   31.     Information to prostitutes and clients

           Division 5-Cleanliness

   32.     Clean linen and towels
   33.     Showers and baths

           Division 6-Inspections and interviews

   34.     Inspections
   35.     Interviews

   PART 7-PUBLIC SPA POOLS AND PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS

           Division 1-Interpretation and exclusions

   36.     Interpretation
   37.     Exclusions
   38.     Pool deemed to be open for use

           Division 2-Maintenance

   39.     Maintenance

           Division 3-Physical parameters

   40.     Clarity of pool water
   41.     Filtration of pool water
   42.     Temperature of pool water

           Division 4-Chemical parameters

   43.     Disinfection of pool water
   44.     pH of pool water
   45.     Total alkalinity of pool water
   46.     Combined chlorine in pool water
   47.     Use of ozone
   48.     Chemical shock treatment of pool water
   49.     Supplementary treatments of pool water

           Division 5-Testing of pool water

   50.     Microbiological quality
   51.     Chemical testing

           Division 6-Maintenance of records

   52.     Records

   PART 8-RATS AND MICE ON PREMISES

   53.     Control of rats and mice
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           SCHEDULE 1-Revoked Regulations
           SCHEDULE 2-Infectious Diseases
           SCHEDULE 3-Notifiable Diseases
           SCHEDULE 4-Forms of Notification by Medical Practitioners
           SCHEDULE 5-Micro-Organisms-Isolated or Detected in Food or Water Supplies
           SCHEDULE 6-Minimum Period of Exclusion from Schools and Children's Services Centres for Infectious Diseases Cases and Contacts
           SCHEDULE 7-Blood Donation Statement
           SCHEDULE 8-Tissue Donation Statement
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details