Mandatory Disease Testing Act 2021
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22 Results of blood test
22 Results of blood test
(1) The pathology laboratory at which the testing of a third party’s blood under a mandatory testing order was carried out must, as soon as reasonably practicable, provide the blood test results to the following—
(a) the medical practitioner authorised by the worker to receive the blood test results on the worker’s behalf,
(b) the medical practitioner authorised by the third party to receive the blood test results on the third party’s behalf, if any,
(c) the Chief Health Officer, if the third party does not authorise a medical practitioner.
(2) The pathology laboratory at which the testing of a third party’s blood under a mandatory testing order was carried out may destroy the sample as soon as the sample is no longer required for the purposes of this Act.