9Consultation with medical practitioner

9 Consultation with medical practitioner

9 Consultation with medical practitioner

(1) A worker who proposes to apply for a mandatory testing order must, as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than 24 hours after the contact occurred, consult a relevant medical practitioner in relation to the contact.

(2) Despite subsection (1), a worker may consult with a relevant medical practitioner up to 72 hours after the contact occurred if reasonable in the circumstances.

(3) During the consultation, the relevant medical practitioner must inform the worker about—

(a) the risk to the worker of contracting a blood-borne disease from the third party as a result of the contact, and

(b) the appropriate action to be taken by the worker to mitigate the risks of—

(i) contracting a blood-borne disease from the third party as a result of the contact, and

(ii) transmitting a contracted blood-borne disease to another person, and

(c) the extent to which testing the third party’s blood for blood-borne diseases will assist in assessing the risk to the worker of contracting a blood-borne disease.