15Notifying information about prescribed occupational respiratory diseases—treating prescribed medical practitioner

15 Notifying information about prescribed occupational respiratory diseases—treating prescribed medical practitioner

Minimum notification information may be notified (1) If: (a) a prescribed medical practitioner has diagnosed an individual with a prescribed occupational respiratory disease before the commencement of this Act; and (b) the minimum notification information in relation to the individual is not included in the National Registry; a prescribed medical practitioner who is treating the individual for the disease may, with the individual’s consent, notify the Director‑General of the CDC, in an approved form, of the minimum notification information in relation to the individual.

Note 1: For minimum notification information, see subsection 12(2).

Note 2: The prescribed medical practitioner may, with the individual’s consent, also notify the Director‑General of the CDC, in an approved form, of additional information in relation to the individual (see subsection (3)).

Note 3: The prescribed medical practitioner who diagnosed the individual with the prescribed occupational respiratory disease and the prescribed medical practitioner who is treating the individual for the disease may be the same person.

(2) If: (a) a prescribed medical practitioner diagnoses an individual with a prescribed occupational respiratory disease at or after the commencement of this Act; and (b) the minimum notification information in relation to the individual is not included in the National Registry; a prescribed medical practitioner who is treating the individual for the disease may, without obtaining the individual’s consent, notify the Director‑General of the CDC, in an approved form, of the minimum notification information in relation to the individual.

Note 1: For minimum notification information, see subsection 12(2).

Note 2: The prescribed medical practitioner may, with the individual’s consent, also notify the Director‑General of the CDC, in an approved form, of additional information in relation to the individual (see subsection (3)).

Note 3: The prescribed medical practitioner who diagnosed the individual with the prescribed occupational respiratory disease and the prescribed medical practitioner who is treating the individual for the disease may be the same person.

Additional information may be notified (3) A prescribed medical practitioner who notifies minimum notification information in relation to an individual under subsection (1) or (2) may, with the individual’s consent, notify the Director‑General of the CDC, in an approved form, of some or all of the following: (a) the additional notification information in relation to the individual; (b) other information (if any) in relation to the individual determined under subsection 12(4) for the purposes of paragraph 12(1)(c).