10Simplified outline of this Part

10 Simplified outline of this Part

The Commonwealth is to establish the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry (section 11).

The National Registry is to include certain information relating to individuals who have been diagnosed with, or are being treated for, an occupational respiratory disease (section 12).

The purposes of the National Registry (section 13) relate to:

(a) providing access to information about occupational respiratory diseases; and

(b) supporting the identification of industries, occupations, job tasks and workplaces where there is a risk of exposure to respiratory disease‑causing agents; and

(c) occupational respiratory disease matters more broadly.

A prescribed medical practitioner who has diagnosed an individual with an occupational respiratory disease may be authorised or required to notify the Director‑General of the CDC of certain information in relation to the individual for inclusion in the National Registry. A prescribed medical practitioner who is treating an individual for an occupational respiratory disease may also notify the Director‑General of the CDC of certain information in relation to the individual for inclusion in the National Registry (Division 3).

The Director‑General of the CDC may vary information included in the National Registry (Division 4).