PART 2
Notification of Infectious Diseases
4. Duty of medical practitioners to notify Director
(1) If a medical practitioner has reason to suspect the existence of a case of a scheduled infectious disease, whether or not the person infected has died, he shall notify the Director immediately.
(2) A notification under subsection (1) must be in a form specified by the Director and be signed by the medical practitioner.
(3) If after notifying the Director, the medical practitioner verifies either that the scheduled infectious disease existed or that it did not exist, he shall immediately notify the Director.
(4) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (3) or knowingly gives the Director any information that is false in a material particular commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2.
5. Medical practitioners to give information as required by health officers
(1) A health officer may, for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of a case or suspected case of a specified infectious disease, require a medical practitioner to give to the health officer any information about the case as the health officer may require.
(2) A medical practitioner shall comply with a requirement made under subsection (1).
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) or knowingly gives to a health officer any information that is false in a material particular commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2.
6. Duty of operators of cross-boundary conveyances to notify health officer
(1) If the operator of a cross-boundary aircraft, cross-boundary vessel or cross-boundary public vehicle has reason to suspect that there exists on board the aircraft, vessel or public vehicle—
- (a) a case or source of a specified infectious disease; or
- (b) a case or source of contamination,
he shall notify a health officer immediately.
